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dapple
[ dap-uhl ]
noun
- a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
- an animal with a mottled skin or coat.
adjective
- dappled; spotted:
a dapple horse.
verb (used with or without object)
, dap·pled, dap·pling.
- to mark or become marked with spots.
dapple
/ ˈdæpəl /
verb
- to mark or become marked with spots or patches of a different colour; mottle
noun
- mottled or spotted markings
- a dappled horse, etc
adjective
- marked with dapples or spots
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dapple1
C14: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
The dapple grays were fat, well fed beasts, and the coachman was old and rheumatic.
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Here there are no mossy rocks or sheltering trees to dapple the scene with their brightness and shadow.
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It was just as he was about to return to his dapple grays that he received a sudden shock.
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What are these dark streaks which foul her white decks and dapple her brazen shields?
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It was neither the fat buck nor the little two-toed horse with 193 dapple hide, but a young cow-buffalo.
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