adjective. Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots of a darker color.

Brinded; variegated with streaks of different colors.

adjective. Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded.

adjective. of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted

adjective. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

"Within the last two days they had also observed that the gnoo was not of the same sort as the one which they had seen so long, but a variety which Swinton told them was called the brindled gnoo; it was, however, in every other respect the same animal, as to its motions and peculiarities."

patterned  

brinded  brindle  party-colored  tabby