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Meanings of brindle in English

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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Usage of brindle in English
1
The brindle bull capered about her as she slid through the wires.
Tess of the Storm Country
2
When he had returned home his mother was milking the brindle cow.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
3
Hood Wright's Bevis, a darkish red brown brindle of about 29 inches.
Dogs and All about Them
4
The cinch-strap of the brindle shave-tail is taken up two inches.
The Mountains
5
At the heels of the two men trotted silently a big, brindle hound.
The Lady of Big Shanty
6
And to this plea was added a pathetic wag of the brindle tail.
The Heart's Kingdom
7
The females from these matings bred always to a dark mahogany brindle dog.
The Boston Terrier and All About It / A Practical, Scientific, a...
8
The brindle bulldog from Kennedy's farm had heard the unequal race.
Tess of the Storm Country
9
The Lieutenant was wearing a beautiful officer's coat, brindle-colored and full.
The Young Lions
10
Tom was mated to a dark brindle bitch, evenly marked, weighing twenty pounds.
The Boston Terrier and All About It / A Practical, Scientific, a...
11
The females from this union breed to a seal brindle.
The Boston Terrier and All About It / A Practical, Scientific, a...
12
About 9 o'clock an old brindle cow came browsing up to the front gate.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
13
The brindle cow is the boy's scapegoat, many a time.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4
14
The orthodox colours are brindle, fawn, blue, black, and harlequin.
Dogs and All about Them
15
But Dinkey, followed by a slavishly adoring brindle mule, declined to be rounded up.
The Mountains
16
How long does it take to milk a brindle cow?
Dorothy Dale's Camping Days
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