ringledadj.
/ˈrɪŋɡ(ə)ld/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋɡ(ə)ld/, Scottish English /ˈrɪŋ(ɡ)(ə)ld/ Now Scottish. rare.† 1. Having a metal ring or rings. Obsolete.
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ringedOE
hooped1552
ringleda1593
a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) ii. sig. Div A hote prowd horse..Spits foorth the ringled bit.
1638 J. Kirke Seven Champions ii. sig. D2 A fiery Sorrell bore the noble youth, Who chew'd the ringled bit, as in disdaine,To be o're-master'd by so weake a Raine.
2. Of an eye: light in colour, with the iris hardly distinguishable from the white.
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1741 Caledonian Mercury 9 Mar. A Setting Bitch that answers to the name of Pinkie..her Eyes bad and somewhat ringled.
1930 A. Kennedy Orra Boughs 53 Her skin a fine smoke-yellow and her e'en ringled.
3. Marked by circular bands or rings of colour.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > ring of colour > [adjective]
ring-straked1568
ring-streaked1647
ringled1776
zoned1792
ringly1800
zonated1803
ringy1843
zonate1866
hooped1898
1776 R. E. Raspe tr. J. J. Ferber Trav. Italy xvi. 217 Giallo annulato, yellow and black, spotted or ringled.
1899 Shetl. News 14 Oct. (E.D.D.) My blue an' rid ringl'd socks.
1956 Shetland News 4 Dec. She was wearing a red and white striped skirt, or ‘rennglit kotts’.
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 69/2 Ringlit, striped in a horizontal manner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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