brindle

brindle
noun Etymology: brindle, adjective Date: 1696 1. a brindled color 2. a brindled animal

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  • Brindle — Brin dle, n. [See {Brindled}.] 1. The state of being brindled. [1913 Webster] 2. A brindled color; also, that which is brindled. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brindle — Brin dle, a. Brindled. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brindle — adj., 1670s, see BRINDLED (Cf. brindled) …   Etymology dictionary

  • brindle — (also brindled) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a domestic animal) brownish or tawny with streaks of other colour. ORIGIN probably Scandinavian …   English terms dictionary

  • brindle — [brin′dəl] adj. [< BRINDLED] BRINDLED n. 1. a brindled color 2. a brindled animal …   English World dictionary

  • Brindle — This article concerns animal color. For the village in England, see Brindle, Lancashire.Brindle is a coat coloring pattern in animals, particularly dogs, cats, cattle, and, rarely, horses. It is sometimes described as tiger striped , although the …   Wikipedia

  • Brindle — This interesting surname is of English locational origin from a place thus called in Lancashire, recorded as Burnhull in the 1206 Pipe Rolls. The placename derives from the Old English pre 7th Century burna a brook or stream plus hyll a hill;… …   Surnames reference

  • brindle — /ˈbrɪndl/ (say brindl) adjective 1. grey or tawny with darker streaks or spots. 2. of mixed ancestry; descended partly from dark skinned and partly from fair skinned peoples: black, white, and brindle. –noun 3. a brindle colouring. 4. an animal… …  

  • Brindle, Lancashire — infobox UK place latitude= 53.712252 longitude= 2.613001 official name= Brindle map type= Lancashire population= 999 (2001 Census) os grid reference= SD596241 civil parish= Brindle shire district= Chorley shire county= Lancashire region= North… …   Wikipedia

  • Brindle family — The Brindle family is a criminal organization based in South London. Headed by Anthony Brindle, the gang has been engaged in a major gang war with its rivals, the Daley family, throughout the 1990s. Although related by marriage, they have also… …   Wikipedia

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