brindled

[ brin-dld ]

/ ˈbrɪn dld /

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adjective

gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots.

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Words nearby brindled

brimmer, brimstone, brinded, brindisi, brindle, brindled, brindley, brine, brine shrimp, brinell hardness number, brinelling

Origin of brindled

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

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Example sentences from the Web for brindled

The little dog is a limp bunch of brindled satin this morning, wrapped in flannel, but we hope he will soon be well.
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888|Frances M.A. Roe
A large dog, brindled and lean, walked complacently and condescendingly in, followed by his master.
The Bishop of Cottontown|John Trotwood Moore
And while the brindled asses browsed around us he told us the story of the Cave of the Holy Well.
The Fortunate Isles|Mary Stuart Boyd
You want to go now as much as before you went to the Brindled Cow, and I am the only person in the world that can help you do it.'
Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children|Julian Hawthorne

Within the pen were seen enclosed a few small antelopes of common species, a pair of brindled gnus, and some wild hogs.
The Giraffe Hunters|Mayne Reid

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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brindled

adjective

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