A spot or patch of color or shade, or to mark with such spots; often used to describe mottled patterns like on a horse's coat.
From Middle Dutch 'dappel' or related Germanic roots; originally described the spotted pattern on horses, then generalized to any mottled marking.
Dapple is famous in literature for describing dappled light filtering through trees, which creates one of the most beautiful and calming visual effects in nature—artists and poets obsess over capturing that exact pattern.
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