dapple
noun
a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
had dappled
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past perfectof dapple.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She was dressed in a yellow jacket that had dappled fur on the edges, and her hair was pulled back tightly with shiny ribbons.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
They were the ones that, like astute builders, had dappled the stones piled up on the bottom, forming bulwarks in whose shelter they had disguised themselves in order to pounce upon their victims.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
