dapple-gray

American  

[dap-uhl-grey] / ˈdæp əlˈgreɪ /

adjective

1. gray with ill-defined mottling of a darker shade.

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Etymology

Origin of dapple-gray

1350–1400; Middle English, perhaps *appelgrei, with d- from dappled; compare Old Norse apalgrār, apli dapple-gray horse

Example Sentences

Luster said Heider had some requests, such as wanting it to be painted like it was a dapple-gray, including the dappling across the hindquarters.

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2020

A dapple-gray horse, and a ring on his finger.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

“Looks just like the back of that dapple-gray I had when you were a little girl, Pretty,” said the Squire, pointing with his whip at the net-work of lights and shadows.

From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Each moment increased my joy and pride in my dapple-gray gelding.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin

Here and there were to be seen dapple-gray horses of unmistakable Arab breed, animals which any rich European would have been proud to own.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray