brindled

[ brin-dld ]

/ ˈbrɪn dld /

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adjective

gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots.

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Origin of brindled

1670–80; alteration of brinded, with -le perhaps from grizzled, speckled, etc.

Words nearby brindled

brimmer, brimstone, brinded, Brindisi, brindle, brindled, Brindley, brine, Brinell hardness number, brinelling, brine shrimp

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How to use brindled in a sentence

Black, brown, or brindled, are colors not recognised among pure-bred Short Horns.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
Or, "The large black cow yields daily six pints of milk more than the brindled cow."
The Poniard's Hilt|Eugne Sue
Fagerlin was the big brindled cow, and at present, being summertime, was allowed to take the air in the garden.
Dry Fish and Wet|Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
One says, with great solemnity, on a momentous occasion, "Thrice the brindled cat hath mew'd."
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore|Charles Hardwick

His brute of a brindled dog was fastened to one of the scaffold-timbers.
Back o' the Moon|Oliver Onions

British Dictionary definitions for brindled

brindled

/ (ˈbrɪndəld) /

adjective

brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker coloura brindled dog

Word Origin for brindled

C17: changed from C15 brended, literally: branded, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse bröndottr; see brand

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