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dapple
\DAP-uhl\, noun
2. A mottled appearance, especially of the coat of an animal (as a horse).
Contextual Examples
Look at . . . his cows with their comic camouflage dapples . . . .
-- Arthur C. Danto, "Sometimes Red", ArtForum, January 2002
70 diamond- and hexagonal-shaped holes, 35 between the North End ramp and the northbound lanes, and 35 between the northbound and southbound lanes, allow light to filter through and dapple the river below.
-- Raphael Lewis, "A walk into the future", Boston Globe, May 9, 2002
Gentle shafts of sunlight . . . dapple the grass.
-- Gail Sheehy, Hillary's Choice
Dapple derives from Old Norse depill, "a spot."
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