Brindled

  • 71Reoch — This interesting Scottish surname derives from the Gaelic riabhach meaning brindled or greyish and would have originated as a descriptive nickname for one with grey hair. Am Fear Reabhaich translates as the brindled or grizzly one of the signed… …

    Surnames reference

  • 72Riach — This interesting Scottish surname derives from the Gaelic riabhach meaning brindled or greyish and would have originated as a descriptive nickname for one with grey hair. Am Fear Reabhaich translates as the brindled or grizzly one of the signed… …

    Surnames reference

  • 73Rioch — This interesting Scottish surname derives from the Gaelic riabhach meaning brindled or greyish and would have originated as a descriptive nickname for one with grey hair. Am Fear Reabhaich translates as the brindled or grizzly one of the signed… …

    Surnames reference

  • 74brinded — early 15c., the older form of BRINDLED (Cf. brindled) (q.v.) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 75brindle — adj., 1670s, see BRINDLED (Cf. brindled) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 76brindle — n. brindled color; brindled animal …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 77brindles — n. brindled color; brindled animal …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 78tabby — I. n. 1. Watered silk. 2. Brindled cat, tabby cat. 3. Gossip, tale bearer, news monger, tattler, chatterer. II. v. a. Water, sprinkle and calender. III. a. 1. Of a waved or watered appearance. 2 …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 79tabby — tab•by [[t]ˈtæb i[/t]] n. pl. bies, 1) dch a cat with a striped or brindled coat 2) dch a domestic cat, esp. a female one 3) a watered silk or taffeta 4) striped or brindled 5) tex made of or resembling tabby 6) tex to give a wavy or watered… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 80tabby — /ˈtæbi / (say tabee) noun (plural tabbies) 1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat. 2. a female cat. 3. Colloquial an old maid; a spinster. 4. Colloquial (dated) a woman, especially a girlfriend or sweetheart. 5. Colloquial any spiteful female… …