dapple
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əl noun
1.
a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
2.
an animal with a mottled skin or coat.
adjective
3.
dappled; spotted: a dapple horse.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to mark or become marked with spots.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to mark or become marked with spots or patches of a different colour; mottle |
| —n | |
| 2. | mottled or spotted markings |
| 3. | a dappled horse, etc |
| —adj | |
| 4. | marked with dapples or spots |
| [C14: of unknown origin] | |
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Dapple
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | dapple1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | rounded patches of a color or shade against a differently colored background |
| Etymology: | Middle English dappel |
| Main Entry: | dapple1 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to mark with rounded patches of a color or shade; to spot |
| Etymology: | Middle English dappel |
| Usage: | transitive |
| Main Entry: | dapple2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a mottled appearance, esp. on the coat of an animal as a horse |
| Etymology: | Middle English dappel |
| Main Entry: | dapple2 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to become dappled |
| Etymology: | Middle English dappel |
| Usage: | intransitive |
| Main Entry: | dapple |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | dappled |
| Etymology: | Middle English dappel |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
dapple
c.1400 (dappled), perhaps a back-formation from dapple-grey "apple-grey" (late 14c.), by resemblance to the markings on an apple (cf. O.N. apalgrar "dapple-gray"), or, as it was used of gray horses with round blotches, perhaps of apples themselves.
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Example sentences
Beech and oak trees dapple shade over rare orchids, buttercups and other wildflowers of the woodlands.
The mozzarella-and-sauce landscape is created by fountains of scorching-hot sulfur and its compounds, which dapple the surface.
Patterns of shade and sun dapple the surrounding landscape.
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