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Definition of dapple : 1. Alt. of Dappled
2. One of the spots on a dappled animal.
3. To variegate with spots; to spot.

Synonyms:

office, haze over, bandage, befog, darn, billet, pepper, spot, taint, mist, fog, bit, mottle, berth, besprinkle, stain, MARKS, spotting, plot of land, dot, touch, pip, place, smirch, piece, position, bespeckle, patch, plot of ground, flake, corrupt, spotlight, blot, smear, while, spell, chip, plot, slur, post, speck, eyespot, staining, becloud, topographic point, daub, temporary hookup, cloud, mend, obscure, smudge, scrap, maculation, situation, sprinkle, defile, splotch, eyepatch, stipple, speckle, sully, obnubilate, overcast, blotch, point

colorize, checker, stripe, freckle, striate, marble, color, streak, fleck, check, tessellate

Usage examples:

• Miss Calista drew Dapple to a standstill before her gate. - "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901", Lucy Maud Montgomery.
• Sancho, who thought his master was in danger of being thrown, jumped off Dapple, and ran in all haste to help him; but by the time he reached him he was already on the ground, and beside him was Rocinante, who had come down with his master, the usual end and upshot of Rocinante's vivacity and high spirits. - "The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete", Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
• He knew Charley and Dick, the big dray horses; and Dexter, who drew the express wagon; he knew Bob and George, who hauled the ice wagon; he knew the driving horses in the Mansion stables by name and point, and especially the two dapple grays that drew the bus. - "The Wrong Twin", Harry Leon Wilson.