brindle
Collocations
4ADJ.
black, gray, limp
VERB + BRINDLE
points
BRINDLE + NOUN
itself, stripes
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
A streaky colouration in animals.
An animal so coloured.
I snatch at the puppy closest to me, the brindle, which is limp in my hand, and shove it down my shirt.
adj
Having such a colouration; brindled.
It is brindle. Stripes of black and brown ride its ribs like a zebra’s.
verb
To form streaks of a different color.
Sorely too as I laboured and toiled, the reward of toil would not come ; already my back began to curve, and my hair to brindle itself with gray, yet I saw no luck before me.
It is the perfect opposition of dark and light that brindles the tiger with gold flame and dark flame.
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5I snatch at the puppy closest to me, the brindle, which is limp in my hand, and shove it down my shirt.
WiktionaryIt is brindle. Stripes of black and brown ride its ribs like a zebra’s.
WiktionarySorely too as I laboured and toiled, the reward of toil would not come ; already my back began to curve, and my hair to brindle itself with gray, yet I saw no luck before me.
WiktionaryIt is the perfect opposition of dark and light that brindles the tiger with gold flame and dark flame.
WiktionaryThe darkest areas (the points) may brindle or become bleached by brilliant sunlight, especially in chocolate and white points.
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