dapple-gray
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dapple-gray
1350–1400; Middle English, perhaps *appelgrei, with d- from dappled; compare Old Norse apalgrār, apli dapple-gray horse
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Example Sentences
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Luster said Heider had some requests, such as wanting it to be painted like it was a dapple-gray, including the dappling across the hindquarters.
From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2020
A dapple-gray horse, and a ring on his finger.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
"Tell me, seest thou not yon knight coming towards us on a dapple-gray steed, with a helmet of gold on his head?"
From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
A girl and a boy on rocking-horses, brown and dapple-gray, the boy wearing a green-velvet cap and jacket, the girl befrilled and besashed, were both plunging forward with rosy smiles.
From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton
Now, listening to Gramps, Bud wanted a gun of his own more than he had wanted anything since the dapple-gray toy horse.
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
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