- 1. a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Source: opted
- 2. imp. & p. p. of Dapple Source: opted
- 3. adj. having spots or patches of color Source: wordnet
- 4. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott. Note: The word is used in composition to denote that some color is variegated or marked with spots; as, dapple-bay; dapple-gray. His steed was all dapple-gray. Chaucer. O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. Sir W. Scott. Source: webster
- 5. j:100 s. having spots or patches of color Source: ecdict
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