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brindle

The English word “brindle” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A streaky colouration in animals.
  2. An animal so coloured.

adjective

  1. Having such a colouration; brindled.

verb

  1. To form streaks of a different color.

Etymology

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

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