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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Perhaps from apple-gray (because of the shape of the spots)

dapple-grey

 noun
     
Related topics: Colours
dapple-grey British English ; dapple-gray American English [countable]
CC a horse that is grey with spots of darker grey
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