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Meaning of BRINDED

Pronunciation:  'brindid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
 
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 Synonyms: brindle, brindled, patterned, tabby
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Brin"ded\, a. [Cf. Icel. br["o]nd[=o]ttr brindled, fr.
brandr brand; and OE. bernen, brinnen, to burn. See {Brand},
{Burn}.]
Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue;
streaked; brindled. ``Three brinded cows,'' --Dryden. ``The
brinded cat.'' --Shak.
 

 

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