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Definition of Brindle
1. Adjective. Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
Definition of Brindle
1. n. The state of being brindled.
2. a. Brindled.
Definition of Brindle
1. Noun. A streaky colouration in animals. ¹
2. Noun. An animal so coloured. ¹
3. Adjective. Having such a colouration; brindled ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brindle
1. a brindled color [n -S]
Medical Definition of Brindle
1. A hair coat colour in which there is a uniform mixture of gray or tawny hairs with others of white or black; a composite colour. Origin: diminutive of O.E. Brinded (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brindle
Literary usage of Brindle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"As regards brindle, the very fact that it can be visibly combined with any ...
brindle evidently means so many different things in Highland cattle that ..."
2. Lancashire Parish Register Society: Publications by Lancashire Parish Register Society (1901)
"23 „ Infant of Henery Hilton of brindle 29 „ A poore child out of Winnell i
September Thomas the s. of John Couper of 21 „ John the s. of ..."
3. American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of by John A. Marshall (1881)
"General brindle continued to hold this position until the election of Mr. ...
During the Kansas difficulties of 1856 and 1857, General brindle took an ..."
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