brindle

[ brin-dl ]

noun

1. a brindled coloring.
2. a brindled animal.

adjective

1. brindled.

brindle

/ ˈbrɪndəl /

noun

1. a brindled animal
2. a brindled colouring

Word History and Origins

Origin of brindle¹

First recorded in 1670–80; back formation from brindled

Word History and Origins

Origin of brindle¹

C17: back formation from brindled

Example Sentences

But Brindle tarried behind and foraged for her supper by nibbling the grass from the overgrown dooryard.

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But Peter had not been seen by anybody who knew him since that visit of his to Skyrie, in company with old Brindle.

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People think that greyhounds cannot hunt by scent, but this man has a tiny black and a large brindle that work like basset-hounds.

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You couldn't ha' guessed that Aunt Jane's brindle-yellow tomcat was inside of it.

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

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