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brindled

[ brin-dld ]

adjective

  1. gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots.


brindled

/ ˈɪԻə /

adjective

  1. brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour

    a brindled dog

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brindled1

1670–80; alteration of brinded, with -le perhaps from grizzled, speckled ( def ), etc.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brindled1

C17: changed from C15 brended , literally: branded, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse öԻdzٳٰ ; see brand
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Dragonfish have “luminous barbels swinging from their chins”; a Pacific sleeper shark possesses “a body as brindled as old granite.”

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It was on a mammoth brindled rock, stained with rust, black and orange.

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In April, the brindled, lanky dog, who was left outside 24/7, according to Rafaela, had again escaped.

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Ek and Do each had two rows of eyes, and short brindled fur.

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Greyhounds aren’t just gray either; they can be black, bluish gray, light red or brindled in different shades of red or blue.

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