dapple
/ˈdæpəl/
verb
- To mark with spots or patches of a different color or shade, especially in a mottled pattern.
- Rain began to dapple the sidewalk with dark spots.
- The artist used a sponge to dapple the canvas with light blue and white.
- Sunlight filtered through the leaves to dapple the forest floor with gold and green.
noun
- A spot or patch of color, especially one of many that form a mottled pattern.
- The old photograph showed dapples of mold on the paper.
- Each dapple on the fawn's back helped it blend into the sunlit forest.
- The horse's coat was covered in small dapples of gray and white.