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

Bud thought of a beautiful dapple-gray toy horse with a real leather saddle and bridle that he had seen in a store window when he had been six.

From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur

He was a large dapple-gray horse, but never, I think, have I seen gray better dappled; the white coat was strewn almost regularly with beautiful black spots, which were well distributed and well marked.

From Parisian Points of View by Matthews, Edith V. B.

“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