Definitions for dapples

dapples dap·ple

Spelling: [dap-uh l]
IPA: /ˈdæp əl/

Dapples is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in dapples (adelpps).

Definitions for dapples

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 dapples

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

Examples for dapples

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for dapples
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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