Brindled Definition

brĭndld
adjective
Having a gray or tawny coat streaked or spotted with a darker color.
A brindled cow.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Brindled

  • Alteration of Middle English brended probably from brende past participle of brennen to burn from Old Norse brenna gwher- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Brindled Sentence Examples

  • A fine brindled cow with a large udder was attached to the cart behind.

  • Many are fawn (red) or brindled in color with a white belly, chest, and feet.

  • Other Boxers are black, or so darkly brindled that they appear black.

  • A second and larger species is the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. taurinus or Catoblepas gorgon), also known by the Bechuana name kokon or kokoon; and there are several East African forms more or less closely related to the latter which have received distinct names.

  • Many species of antelope are found, mostly in small numbers, including the kudu, hartebeest, the sable and roan antelope, the white tailed and the brindled gnu, waterbuck, red buck, duiker, blesbok, palla, springbuck (numerous), steinbok, grysbok and klipspringer.

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