Brindled \BRIN-did\ , adjective;
1. Gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots
This word dates to the 1670's from Middle English brended from the noun bren ("brown color"), which was a back-formation of the past participle brennen. Brennen meant "burn," but it could have also meant "marked as though by branding or burning."
Today's word and the first definition were both taken from Dictionary.com's 'Word of the Day' for Thursday, June 16
Etymologies come from the Oxford English Dictionary and/or Etymonline.com
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