I. ˈda-pəl noun
Etymology: Middle English dappel-gray, adjective, gray marked with spots of another color
Date: 1580
1. : any of numerous usually cloudy and rounded spots or patches of a color or shade different from their background
2. : the quality or state of being dappled
3. : a dappled animal
II. verb
( dap·pled ; dap·pling -p(ə-)liŋ)
Date: 1599
transitive verb
: to mark with dapples
intransitive verb
: to produce a dappled pattern
sun dappling through trees