dapple
Collocations
3ADJ.
riderless, still
VERB + DAPPLE
horse, short-hocked
DAPPLE + NOUN
mists, peeches, pony, re, vvith
Definitions
noun
A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
“My brother,” said he, “do not ride to–day / The dapple, as you’re wont; but mount the horse / Which I have chosen for thee.
A Sarronnese officer whom he did not know was leading a riderless horse, a dapple.
adj
Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks.
I was on a running Morgan that could leave anything in six counties behind, and all she had was that short-hocked dapple pony.
verb
To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.
Jt ſeemes it is in faſhion vvith you to ſugar your papers vvith Carnation phraſes, and dapple your ſpeeches vvith nevv quodled vvords.
dappling black on white with uneven strokes
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6“My brother,” said he, “do not ride to–day / The dapple, as you’re wont; but mount the horse / Which I have chosen for thee.
WiktionaryA Sarronnese officer whom he did not know was leading a riderless horse, a dapple.
Wiktionary2004, D Caroline Coile, http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0764126733&id=vmTgPakg8nUC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&sig=5r0UWTYWxGcZayQlGiP4v3b1ajU Some well-intentioned breeders inadvertently br
WiktionarySome dapple mists still floated along the peaks.
WiktionaryI was on a running Morgan that could leave anything in six counties behind, and all she had was that short-hocked dapple pony.
WiktionaryJt ſeemes it is in faſhion vvith you to ſugar your papers vvith Carnation phraſes, and dapple your ſpeeches vvith nevv quodled vvords.
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