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