dapple(n = noun.attribute) fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
is a kind of marking
has particulars: pinpoint, speck, nebula, splash, fret, worn spot, plaque, macula, macule, mock sun, parhelion, sundog, macula, sunspot, facula, facula
Derived form verb dapple1
dapple(v = verb.change) cloud, mottle - colour with streaks or blotches of different shades; Array
is one way to spot
Derived form noun dapple1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
dapple, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. mark with spots or rounded patches of colour or shade.
2 intr. become marked in this way.
--n.
1 a dappled effect.
2 a dappled animal, esp. a horse.
Idiom:
dapple grey
1 (of an animal's coat) grey or white with darker spots.
2 a horse of this colour.
Etymology:
ME dappled, dappeld, (adj.), of unkn. orig.
N brown, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown, brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown, fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored, brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves, khaki, sun-burnt, tanned.