1. spots or patches of different colors or shades

1. to mark with spots or patches of different colors or shades

Examples

• The horse’s coat showed beautiful gray dapples across its flanks.
• Sunlight dapples the forest floor through the leaves.
• The artist painted dapples of light on the water’s surface.
• Shadow and light dapples the garden path.
• The mare had distinctive white dapples on her brown coat.
• Morning light dapples the meadow with golden patches.
• The photographer captured how sunlight dapples the lake.