DAPPLE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English dappel-gray, adjective, gray marked with spots of another color Date: 1580 any of numerous usually cloudy and rounded spots or patches of a color or shade different from their background, the quality or state of being ~d, a ~d animal, II. verb (~d; dappling) Date: 1599 transitive verb to mark with ~s, intransitive verb to produce a ~d pattern