dapple-gray

American  

[dap-uhl-grey] / ˈdæp əlˈgreɪ /

adjective

1. gray with ill-defined mottling of a darker shade.

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Etymology

Origin of dapple-gray

1350–1400; Middle English, perhaps *appelgrei, with d- from dappled; compare Old Norse apalgrār, apli dapple-gray horse

Example Sentences

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

One evening, as I stood on the porch of the hotel, I saw a man riding a spirited dapple-gray horse up the street.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

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

Here and there were to be seen dapple-gray horses of unmistakable Arab breed, animals which any rich European would have been proud to own.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray