brindle

[ brin-dl ]

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noun

a brindled coloring.
a brindled animal.

adjective

brindled.

Origin of brindle

First recorded in 1670–80; back formation from brindled

Words Nearby brindle

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How to use brindle in a sentence

But brindle tarried behind and foraged for her supper by nibbling the grass from the overgrown dooryard.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
But Peter had not been seen by anybody who knew him since that visit of his to Skyrie, in company with old brindle.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
People think that greyhounds cannot hunt by scent, but this man has a tiny black and a large brindle that work like basset-hounds.
The Chequers | James Runciman
You couldn't ha' guessed that Aunt Jane's brindle-yellow tomcat was inside of it.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | Various
Major Parker was a brisk little man, clad in brindle jeans of ancient cut, resplendent with brass buttons.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War | Various

British Dictionary definitions for brindle

brindle

/ (ˈbrɪndəl) /

noun

a brindled animal
a brindled colouring

Origin of brindle

C17: back formation from brindled

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