Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The word is used in composition to denote that some color is variegated or marked with spots; as, dapple-bay; dapple-gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
His steed was all dapple-gray. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]