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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Dapple

· Dap·ple · IPA /[ˈdæpəɫ]/
01 n. One of the spots on a dappled animal.
  1. 1.
    One of the spots on a dappled animal.
    “He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples.” — Sir P. Sidney.
02 a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.
  1. 1.
    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.
    “His steed was all dapple-gray.” — Chaucer.
    “O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed.” — Sir W. Scott.
03 v. t. To variegate with spots; to spot.
imp. & p. p. Dappled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dappling
  1. 1.
    To variegate with spots; to spot.
    “The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.” — Shak.
    “The dappled pink and blushing rose.” — Prior.