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dapple

[ dap-uhl ]

noun

  1. a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
  2. an animal with a mottled skin or coat.


adjective

  1. dappled; spotted:

    a dapple horse.

verb (used with or without object)

, dap·pled, dap·pling.
  1. to mark or become marked with spots.

dapple

/ ˈdæpəl /

verb

  1. to mark or become marked with spots or patches of a different colour; mottle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. mottled or spotted markings
  2. a dappled horse, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. marked with dapples or spots
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dapple1

First recorded in 1545–55; probably back formation from dappled
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dapple1

C14: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Pink natural light dapples a river in one composition, while reflections of house lamps streak a dark lake in another.

On Santa Cruz, book a spot at the remote, oak-dappled Del Norte backcountry camp.

The dapple grays were fat, well fed beasts, and the coachman was old and rheumatic.

Here there are no mossy rocks or sheltering trees to dapple the scene with their brightness and shadow.

It was just as he was about to return to his dapple grays that he received a sudden shock.

What are these dark streaks which foul her white decks and dapple her brazen shields?

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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