adj
Meaning 1
Having such a colouration; brindled.
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brindle
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name
Meaning 2
A small village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5924).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A streaky colouration in animals.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 5
An animal so coloured.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
Meaning 6
To form streaks of a different color.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
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Synonyms: brindled, brinded, tabby
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History
Etymology
Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century.
From Old English burna (“stream, brook”) + hyll (“hill”). The surname could either derive from the village in England or be an Americanized spelling of South German Brindl and Bründl.
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