Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots of a darker color.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Brinded; variegated with streaks of different colors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a
brownish ,tawny orgray colour, with streaks or spots;streaky ,spotted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Within the last two days they had also observed that the gnoo was not of the same sort as the one which they had seen so long, but a variety which Swinton told them was called the brindled gnoo; it was, however, in every other respect the same animal, as to its motions and peculiarities.
The Mission Frederick Marryat 1820
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Within the last two days they had also observed that the gnoo was not of the same sort as the one which they had seen so long, but a variety which Swinton told them was called the brindled gnoo; it was, however, in every other respect the same animal, as to its motions and peculiarities.
The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Frederick Marryat 1820
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In colour it was a kind of brindled red, and the hair on its back grew against the lie of the rest of its coat.
Prester John 2005
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In colour it was a kind of brindled red, and the hair on its back grew against the lie of the rest of its coat.
Prester John John Buchan 1907
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It is of a bluish colour -- hence the name, and "brindled," or striped along the sides.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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It is of a bluish colour -- hence the name, and "brindled," or striped along the sides.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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In the shape of their bodies and tails, in their general ground colour, and in the "brindled" or tiger-like stripes that could be perceived upon their cheeks, neck, and shoulders.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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In the shape of their bodies and tails, in their general ground colour, and in the "brindled" or tiger-like stripes that could be perceived upon their cheeks, neck, and shoulders.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Steve is approached by a man who wants to buy Mike to fight against a big brindled pit bull.
Collecting My Thoughts for the Moment (scratching my head and doing my best James Dean) wendigomountain 2009
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The dog Eli showed her was an ugly thing with wiry brindled hair and a squint.
sionnach commented on the word brindled
synonym of brinded, like that loudmouth Scottish moggy at the beginning of Macbeth*.
* Or, if you think it's unlucky to invoke it by name on Wordie, "the Scottish play".
But it's time to go feed my own, non-brinded, moggies, Boris and Natasha. Later, wordiewonks!
October 23, 2007
seanahan commented on the word brindled
I try to say Macbeth as often as possible.
October 24, 2007
bilby commented on the word brindled
"Apples, these I mean, unspeakably fair,--apples not of Discord, but Concord! Yet not so rare but that the homeliest may have a share. Painted by the frosts, some a uniform clear bright yellow, or red, or crimson, as if their spheres had regularly revolved, and enjoyed the influence of the sun on all sides alike,--some with the faintest pink blush imaginable,--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,--some touched with a greenish rust, like a fine lichen, here and there, with crimson blotches or eyes more or less confluent and fiery when wet,--and others gnarly, and freckled or peppered all over on the stem side with fine crimson spots on a white ground, as if accidentally sprinkled from the brush of Him who paints the autumn leaves." - 'Wild Apples', Henry David Thoreau.
December 14, 2007