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Brindled

//ˈbɹɪndəld// adj, verb

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Adjective

1
Of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted.
"The palace in a woody vale they found, High raised of stone; a shaded space around; Where mountain wolves and brindled lions roam, (By magic tamed,) familiar to the dome."

Adjective

1
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats wordnet

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of brindle form-of, participle, past
"Apples, these I mean, unspeakably fair [...] - some brindled with deep red streaks like a cow, or with hundreds of fine blood-red rays running regularly from the stem-dimple to the blossom-end, like meridional lines, on a straw-colored ground, [...]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

An alteration of brinded, probably by association with speckled, grizzled etc.

Etymology 2

An alteration of brinded, probably by association with speckled, grizzled etc.

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