You use ~ to describe something that has dark or light patches on it, or that is made up of patches of light and shade.
...a ~ horse...
The path was ~ with sunlight.
ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ with/by/in n
You use ~ to describe something that has dark or light patches on it, or that is made up of patches of light and shade.
...a ~ horse...
The path was ~ with sunlight.
ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ with/by/in n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012