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dapple-grey

British  

noun

  1. a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour

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Originally it had been dapple-grey, but it returned year after year repainted in all shades and hues.

From Time Magazine Archive

Marshal Badoglio rode into the Ethiopian capital on a small dapple-grey.

From Time Magazine Archive

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)

I claim of you the twelve minae, which you borrowed from me to buy the dapple-grey horse.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

They brought him his boots, and his dapple-grey steed along with them.

From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various