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Definition of brindle adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brindle

adjective
 
/ˈbrɪndl/
 
/ˈbrɪndl/
(also brindled
 
/ˈbrɪndld/
 
/ˈbrɪndld/
)
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  1. (of dogs, cats and cows) brown with bands or marks of another colour
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: back-formation from brindled, alteration of Middle English brinded, probably of Scandinavian origin.
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