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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. Icel.

bröndōttr

brindled, fr.

brandr

brand; and OE.

bernen

brinnen

, to burn. See

Of a gray or tawny color with streaks of darker hue; streaked; brindled.

“Three brinded cows,”

Dryden.

“The brinded cat.”

Shak.

Adj.

Marked with spots; tabby; having different colors.

brinded ‎(comparative more brinded, superlative most brinded)

(archaic) brindled; having a streaky or patchy pattern, usually grey or brown in colour; used especially to describe the skin or fur of animals.
- 1623, Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. — Shakespeare, ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
- 1877, Glory be to God for dappled things / For skies of couple colour as a brinded cow — Gerard Manley Hopkins, ‘Pied Beauty’