BRINDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brindle mean? 

• BRINDLE (adjective)
  The adjective BRINDLE has 1 sense:

1. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

  Familiarity information: BRINDLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRINDLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

Synonyms:

brinded; brindle; brindled; tabby

Similar:

patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

 Context examples 

The short coat comes in brindle, fawn, white and combinations of brindle or fawn with white.

(French Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a short, soft coat that comes in black, blue, fawn or brindle, often with white markings.

(English Staffordshire Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The coat comes in red, fawn, brindle, pale yellow or washed-out red, or white, and can combine any of these colors.

(English Bulldog, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a harsh, shaggy, medium-length coat that comes in many colors including red, blue, brindle, or wheaten.

(Glen of Imaal Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The color of the coat indicates the variety: fawn, brindle, black, blue, mantle harlequin and sometimes Merle.

(Great Dane, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be either solid or brindle.

(Neapolitan Mastiff, NCI Thesaurus)

The coat comes in white with colored patches, most often black, but sometimes red, yellow, orange, sable or brindle.

(Japanese Chin, NCI Thesaurus)

Colors include gray, brindle, red, black or white.

(Irish Wolfhound, NCI Thesaurus)

Coat colors are pure white, red, sesame and brindle.

(Akita, NCI Thesaurus)

Colors are brindle, blue merle, black, black and tan, black and brindle, sable, and red, often with white markings.

(Cardigan Welsh Corgi, NCI Thesaurus)