dapple-gray

adjective

Having a mottled coat of lighter and darker gray patches (chiefly said of horses).

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dapple-greydappled-greydappled-gray
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Meanings

adjectivedapple-gray (not comparable)

alternative US dapple gray · alternative UK dapple grey · alternative UK dapple-grey

  1. USnot comparableHaving a mottled coat of lighter and darker gray patches (chiefly said of horses).
noundapple-gray (plural dapple-grays)

plural dapple-grays · alternative US dapple gray · alternative UK dapple grey · alternative UK dapple-grey

  1. USA horse with this coloration.

Synonyms & antonyms

noungrey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings

Similar
dapple-greydappled-greydappled-gray
Broader
graygraynessgrey
Also see
dapple-grey

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German apfelgrau
  • apfelgrauhaving a mottled coat of lighter and darker gray patches
Irish breac
  • breachaving a mottled coat of lighter and darker gray patches
Welsh brithlas, brychlas
  • brithlashaving a mottled coat of lighter and darker gray patches
  • brychlashaving a mottled coat of lighter and darker gray patches
Cite this entry
APA

dapple-gray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dapple-gray

MLA

“dapple-gray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dapple-gray. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dapple-gray,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dapple-gray.

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