brinded

Etymology

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse brǫndóttr ‘brinded’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪndɪd/

Adjective

brinded (comparative more brinded, superlative most brinded)

1. (archaic) brindled; having a streaky or patchy pattern, usually grey or brown in colour; used especially to describe the skin or fur of animals.
   • ca. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, sc. 1:

     Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.

   • 1845, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides, Book the Fourth, Stanza IX:

     If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail

     Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow,

     And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale […]

   • 1877, Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Pied Beauty":

     Glory be to God for dappled things—

     For skies of couple colour as a brinded cow […]