Definitions for dapple

dapple dap·ple

Spelling: [dap-uh l]
IPA: /ˈdæp əl/

Dapple is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in dapple (adelpp).

Definitions for dapple

noun

  1. a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
  2. an animal with a mottled skin or coat.

adjective

  1. dappled; spotted:

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to mark or become marked with spots.

Origin of dapple

First recorded in 1545-55; probably back formation from dappled

Examples for dapple

But who be those that follow them on the grey palfrey and dapple jennet?

You will laugh at the value I put on my dapple—for dapple is the colour of my beast.

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.

It was just as he was about to return to his dapple grays that he received a sudden shock.

Dimple is a diminutive of dip, and cognate with dingle and dapple.

But, notwithstanding his tears and lamentations, he kept urging on his dapple to get far enough from the cart.

No dapple of shadows was there, no rustle of leaves, no green, mossy trunks of trees.

Avoid spotted, or dapple mules; they are the very poorest animal you can get.

His eyes were skilled to observe in the moving dusk and dapple of green woods.

dapple had to lay down on all fours before the lads could bestride him.

Word Value for dapple
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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