Definition of Dappled-grey

1. Noun. Grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings.

Exact synonyms: Dapple-gray, Dapple-grey, Dappled-gray
Generic synonyms: Gray, Grayness, Grey, Greyness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dappled-grey

dapper
dapperer
dapperest
dapperling
dapperlings
dapperly
dapperness
dappernesses
dappers
dapping
dapple
dapple-gray
dapple-grey
dappled
dappled-gray
dappled-grey (current term)
dapples
dappling
daps
dapsone
dapsone neuropathy
dapsones
daptomycin
daqingshanite
daquiri
daquiris
daraf
darafs
darapiosite
darapskite

Literary usage of Dappled-grey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horse by William Youatt, Walker Watson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1874)
"The dappled grey is generally a handsomer and a better horse. ... The dappled grey, if dark at first, generally retains his colour to old age. ..."

2. The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from (1833)
"The dappled grey is generally a handsomer and a better horse : all the angular points of the iron grey are filled up, and with that which not only adds to ..."

3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1861)
"Here," said the dealer, taking down a small cabinet picture—a dappled grey horse held by two men—" here is a piece by a promising but unknown artist. ..."

4. The Treatment of Shortsight by Julius Hirschberg (1912)
"These white stripes become broader and longer and form borders of pigment and islands. Bright white, or lightly dappled grey spots ..."

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