dapple-grey
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Marshal Badoglio rode into the Ethiopian capital on a small dapple-grey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Originally it had been dapple-grey, but it returned year after year repainted in all shades and hues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her palfrey was dapple-grey and she herself shone as the summer sun.
From Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children by Cameron, Katharine
Moya was dodging boles and ducking under branches, the dapple-grey behind her, her arm through the reins, when all at once these tightened.
From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
The convict gave her a long look, and his hawk's eye gleamed; then he turned his attention to the dapple-grey.
From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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