Pronunciations
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[ˈdæpəɫ]
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Noun
A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
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“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.
A Sarronnese officer whom he did not know was leading a riderless horse, a dapple.
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2004, D Caroline Coile, Some well-intentioned breeders inadvertently breed two dapples together because occasionally a dapple will have so few patches of mottled coloration it appears undappled.
Adjective
Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
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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.
Verb
To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.
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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
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Kris awoke with a start. Sweat dappled his forehead, and he brushed it away.
Noun
a small contrasting part of something
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a bald spot
a leopard's spots
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a patch of clouds
patches of thin ice
a fleck of red
Verb
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
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