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brindles

brindles is the plural of brindle.

brindles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brindle.

Meaning of brindle

Noun

brindle (usually uncountable, plural brindles)

  1. (usually) A streaky colouration in animals.
  2. (usually) An animal so coloured.
    • I snatch at the puppy closest to me, the brindle, which is limp in my hand, and shove it down my shirt.2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 235

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Proper noun capitalized: Brindles

Brindles

  1. (plural) plural of Brindle

Questions about brindles

What is brindles the plural of?
Brindles is the plural of brindle.
What part of speech is brindles?
Brindles is a proper noun.

Words near brindles in the dictionary

  1. brindle
  2. Brindle Heath
  3. brindled
  4. brindled gnu
  5. brindled gnus
  6. brindles
  7. Brindley
  8. Brindley Heath
  9. brindleyite
  10. Brindleys
  11. brindling

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