单词 | brindle |
释义 | brindleadj.n. A. adj. = brinded adj., brindled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > streaked brinded1430 straked1537 branded1561 flaked1577 pencilled1592 streaked1600 brandy1608 striated1646 straky1650 bestreakeda1658 tabby1665 whipped1673 brindle1676 brindled1678 striate1678 rowy1742 streaky1747 virgated1803 roded1841 fibrilloso-striate1846 roey1850 tabbied1861 rody1864 1676 London Gaz. No. 1145/4 A..white Mastiff Dog with half his face brindle, and large brindle spots on his sides. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 12 Two fine cows, one brindle and the other white. 1807 Salmagundi 24 Nov. 363 The old lady..lost..a fine brindled 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. 1. Brindled colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [noun] > streakiness brindle1696 striaturea1728 streakinessa1750 rowiness1842 striation1851 1696 London Gaz. No. 3242/4 An old Dutch Mastiff..of a lightish Brindle. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxviii. 257 The artificial jet, however, yielding apace to the natural brindle. 2. A brindled dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > defined by colour brindle1710 yellow dog1746 tricolour1905 iron-grey1928 particolour1961 1710 London Gaz. No. 4747/4 Lost..a Lurcher Bitch, a Brindle with a black Mussel. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 48 Of the three dogs, the first a brindle, the second a yellow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018). brindlev. dialect. ‘To be irritated, to show resentment, to bridle up’. ΚΠ 1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 58 He brindled up as soon as aw spoke to him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.n.1676v.1875 |
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