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/dap"euhl gray"/, adj.gray with ill-defined mottling of a darker shade.[1350-1400; ME, perh. *appelgrei, with d- from DAPPLED; cf. ON apalgrar, apli dapple-gray horse]
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dapple-gray — [dap′əlgrā′] adj. gray spotted with darker gray n. a dapple gray horse … English World dictionary
dapple gray — dap|ple gray «DAP uhl GRAY», adjective. gray with spots of darker gray. dapple gray, a dapple gray horse or other animal. * * * dapple grey 7 [dapple grey dapple greys] (BrE) ( … Useful english dictionary
dapple-gray — noun grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings • Syn: ↑dapple grey, ↑dappled grey, ↑dappled gray • Hypernyms: ↑gray, ↑grayness, ↑grey, ↑greyness * * * … Useful english dictionary
dapple-gray — dap|ple gray [ ,dæpl greı ] adjective a dapple gray horse is light gray with spots of darker gray … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dapple gray — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, acier, ashen, ashy, bay, bayard, buckskin, calico pony, canescent, chestnut, cinereous, cinerous, dapple, dappled, dappled gray, dingy, dismal, dove colored, dove gray, dreary, dull, dun, dusty,… … Moby Thesaurus
dapple-gray — dap′ple gray′ adj. dch gray with ill defined mottling of a darker shade • Etymology: 1350–1400 … From formal English to slang
Dapple — Dap ple, Dappled Dap pled, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. [1913 Webster] Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Note: The word is used in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dapple — c.1400 (as pp. adj. dappled), perhaps a back formation from dapple gray apple gray (late 14c.), by resemblance to the markings on an apple (Cf. O.N. apalgrar dapple gray ), or, as it was used of gray horses with round blotches, perhaps via… … Etymology dictionary
Dapple — may refer to: Dapple, a book by Eleanor Arnason DAPPLE Project, a pollution study Dapple gray, a type of coat colour seen on horses Silver dapple gene, also known as the Z gene, that dilutes the black base coat color in horses Merle (dog coat), a … Wikipedia
dapple-grey — BrE dapple gray AmE n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from apple gray (because of the shape of the spots)] a horse that is grey with spots of darker grey … Dictionary of contemporary English
