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▪ I. brindle, a. and n.|ˈbrɪnd(ə)l|
[App. deduced from brindled, as if this consisted of brindle + -ed.]
A. adj. = brinded, brindled.
1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1145/4 A..white Mastiff Dog with half his face brindle, and large brindle spots on his sides. 1765Tucker Lt. Nat. I. 497 Two fine cows, one brindle and the other white. 1807–8W. Irving Salmag. xviii. (1860) 403 The old lady..lost..a brindle cow. 1862Sat. Rev. 5 July 19 The longhorned [English cattle]..of which brindle or brindle and white are common colours. 1886Engineer 1 Oct. 265 The quotation of brindle bricks at date is about 18s. per 1000.
B. n.
a. Brindled colour.
b. A brindled dog.
1696Lond. Gaz. No. 3242/4 An old Dutch Mastiff..of a lightish Brindle. 1710Ibid. No. 4747/4 Lost..a Lurcher Bitch, a Brindle with a black Mussel. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VIII. xli. 156 The artificial jet, however, yielding apace to the natural brindle. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 65 Of the three dogs, the first a brindle, the second a yellow.
▪ II. brindle, v. dial.
‘To be irritated, to show resentment, to bridle up.’
1875Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) 58 He brindled up as soon as aw spoke to him. |