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dap⋅ple-gray

  [dap-uhl-grey]
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–adjective
gray with ill-defined mottling of a darker shade.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, perh. *appelgrei, with d- from dappled; cf. ON apalgrār, apli dapple-gray horse
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dap·ple-gray   (dāp'əl-grā')
adj.  Gray with a mottled pattern of darker gray markings.
n.  A horse having a coat of mottled gray.

[Middle English dappel-grai, probably alteration (influenced by dappled) of *appel-grai, apple-gray, from Old Norse apalgrār : *apall, apple + grār, gray.]
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