English Explanatory Dictionary

brindle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A streaky colouration in animals.
  2. An animal so coloured.
adj
  1. Having such a colouration; brindled.
verb
  1. To form streaks of a different color.
name
  1. A small village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5924).
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

en-us-brindle.ogg

Word forms

brindle brindles more brindle most brindle brindling brindled

Etymology

Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century.

Synonyms

tabby

Derived words

Treeing Tennessee Brindle shit-brindle Brindle Heath
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