brindle

See also: Brindle

English

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

brindle (usually uncountable, plural brindles)

A streaky colouration in animals.
An animal so coloured.

Adjective

brindle (comparative more brindle, superlative most brindle)

Having such a colouration; brindled

Synonyms

tabby (in cats)

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
“brindle” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

blinder