brindle

[ brin-dl ]
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noun
  1. a brindled coloring.

  2. a brindled animal.

adjective

Origin of brindle

1
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.

  • Major Parker was a brisk little man, clad in brindle jeans of ancient cut, resplendent with brass buttons.

British Dictionary definitions for brindle

brindle

/ (ˈbrɪndəl) /


noun
  1. a brindled animal

  2. a brindled colouring

Origin of brindle

1
C17: back formation from brindled

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