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Definition of Dapple-gray
1. Noun. Grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings.
Exact synonyms: Dapple-grey, Dappled-gray, Dappled-grey
Generic synonyms: Gray, Grayness, Grey, Greyness
Generic synonyms: Gray, Grayness, Grey, Greyness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dapple-gray
Literary usage of Dapple-gray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"Away, away, Goes the fleet dapple-gray, Fresh as the breeze and free as the wind,
And Exciseman Gill lags far behind. " / would give my sout,'' quoth ..."
2. A History of the Percheron Horse: Including Hitherto Unpublished Data by Alvin Howard Sanders (1917)
"In 1851 we find trace of a six-year-old dapple-gray stallion named Henri, which
was in stud around Mortagne, and others as follows: ..."
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