brindled

(-dəld)

adjective

having a gray or tawny coat streaked or spotted with a darker color: a brindled cow

Origin: < earlier brinded, after kindled; prob. < ME brended < brennen, burn

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adjective

Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots of a darker color.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Middle English brended

Origin: , probably from brende

Origin: , past participle of brennen, to burn

Origin: , from Old Norse brenna; see g^wher- in Indo-European roots

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