ringstraked

[ ring-streykt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

1605–15; ring ¹ + strake (in the obsolete sense “stripe of contrasting color”) + -ed ³

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

An' fwhat to a professional like Orth'ris is a few ringstraked shpots av black, brown, an' white?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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