Dapple

[ˈdæpəɫ] · noun

Meaning

A mottled marking, usually in clusters..

Definitions by Sense

1. A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
2. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
3. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
4. To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

Example Sentences

“My brother,” said he, “do not ride to–day / The dapple, as you’re wont; but mount the horse / Which I have chosen for thee.

2004, D Caroline Coile, http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0764126733&id=vmTgPakg8nUC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&sig=5r0UWTYWxGcZayQlGiP4v3b1ajU Some well-intentioned breeders inadvertently breed two dapples together because occasionally a dapple will have so few patches of mottled coloration it appears undappled.

A Sarronnese officer whom he did not know was leading a riderless horse, a dapple.

Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks.

I was on a running Morgan that could leave anything in six counties behind, and all she had was that short-hocked dapple pony.

Jt ſeemes it is in faſhion vvith you to ſugar your papers vvith Carnation phraſes, and dapple your ſpeeches vvith nevv quodled vvords.

dappling black on white with uneven strokes

Kris awoke with a start. Sweat dappled his forehead, and he brushed it away.

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Word Forms

• dapples
• more dapple
• most dapple
• dappling
• dappled

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