brindled

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɹɪndəld/

Adjective

brindled

1. of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted
   • 1725, Pope, Odyssey (translation), book 10

     The palace in a woody vale they found,

     High raised of stone; a shaded space around;

     Where mountain wolves and brindled lions roam,

     (By magic tamed,) familiar to the dome.

   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of Black Peter’ (Norton 2005, p.982)

     And there, in the middle of it was the man himself—his face twisted like a lost soul in torment, and his great brindled beard stuck upwards in his agony.

Translations

• Russian: (spotted) пятни́стый
• Spanish: aleonado

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of brindle

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