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View synonyms for brindled
brindled
[ brin-dld ]
adjective
- gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots.
brindled
/ ˈbrɪndəld /
adjective
- brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
a brindled dog
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brindled1
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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 bröndottr ; see brand
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Example Sentences
Black, brown, or brindled, are colors not recognised among pure-bred Short Horns.
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Or, "The large black cow yields daily six pints of milk more than the brindled cow."
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Fagerlin was the big brindled cow, and at present, being summertime, was allowed to take the air in the garden.
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One says, with great solemnity, on a momentous occasion, "Thrice the brindled cat hath mew'd."
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His brute of a brindled dog was fastened to one of the scaffold-timbers.
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