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brindling

brindling is the present participle and gerund of brindle.

Meaning of brindle

Verb

brindle (third-person singular simple present brindles, present participle brindling, simple past and past participle brindled)

  1. To form streaks of a different color.
    • Sorely too as I laboured and toiled, the reward of toil would not come ; already my back began to curve, and my hair to brindle itself with gray, yet I saw no luck before me.1841, The Metropolitan - Volume 30, page 226

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Noun

brindling (plural brindlings)

  1. A brindled pattern.

Forms of brindling

pluralbrindlings

Questions about brindling

What does brindling mean?
Brindling means a brindled pattern.
What is brindling the present participle and gerund of?
Brindling is the present participle and gerund of brindle.
What part of speech is brindling?
Brindling is a noun.
What is the plural of brindling?
The plural of brindling is brindlings.

Words near brindling in the dictionary

  1. brindles
  2. Brindley
  3. Brindley Heath
  4. brindleyite
  5. Brindleys
  6. brindling
  7. brindlings
  8. brindlish
  9. brine
  10. brine flies
  11. brine fly

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