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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dap-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæp əl


Définition of dapple

Origin :
  • early 15c. (implied in past participle adjective dappled), perhaps from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse depill "spot," Norwegian dape "puddle." Perhaps a back-formation from, or merger with, Middle English adjective dapple-gray "apple-gray" (late 14c.), based on resemblance to the markings on an apple (cf. Old Norse apalgrar "dapple-gray"), or, as it was used of gray horses with round blotches, perhaps via resemblance to apples themselves.
  • verb speckle
Example sentences :
  • No dapple of shadows was there, no rustle of leaves, no green, mossy trunks of trees.
  • Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
  • His eyes were skilled to observe in the moving dusk and dapple of green woods.
  • Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by James Stephens
  • But who be those that follow them on the grey palfrey and dapple jennet?
  • Extract from : « A Legend of Reading Abbey » by Charles MacFarlane
  • It was just as he was about to return to his dapple grays that he received a sudden shock.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Flash » by Roy J. Snell
  • Dimple is a diminutive of dip, and cognate with dingle and dapple.
  • Extract from : « Milton's Comus » by John Milton
  • Avoid spotted, or dapple mules; they are the very poorest animal you can get.
  • Extract from : « The Mule » by Harvey Riley
  • Dapple had to lay down on all fours before the lads could bestride him.
  • Extract from : « An English Grammar » by W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
  • You will laugh at the value I put on my Dapple—for dapple is the colour of my beast.
  • Extract from : « The History of Don Quixote, Vol. II., Part 21 » by Miguel de Cervantes
  • She was as large as six elephants, and of a burnt sorrel colour with dapple grey spots; but, above all, she had a horrible tail.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII » by Various
  • But, notwithstanding his tears and lamentations, he kept urging on his Dapple to get far enough from the cart.
  • Extract from : « Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote » by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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