dappled-grey

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dappled-grey

The horse in the field has a beautiful dappled-grey coat.

Definition

Noun: - A horse (or sometimes another animal) whose coat is grey in color and marked with a pattern of darker grey spots or patches.

Usage
  • The term is used specifically to describe the coloration of an animal's coat, most commonly a horse.
  • It functions as a countable noun (e.g., , ).
Examples
  • Noun:
    • The princess rode a beautiful dappled-grey.
    • We saw several dappled-greys in the stable.
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often hyphenated when used as a compound noun modifier before another noun (e.g., ). When used as a standalone noun, the hyphen is also standard.
  • It describes a specific, mature stage in the greying process of a horse's coat, where dapples (roundish darker markings) are visible on a lighter grey background.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dapple-grey: A common alternate spelling, often used interchangeably. (e.g., )
  • Dappled (adj): Marked with spots or rounded patches of color. (e.g., ).
  • Grey (adj/n): Of the color between black and white.
Synonyms
  • Dapple-gray (US English spelling variant).
  • Fleabitten grey: A different grey horse coat pattern characterized by very small dark specks, not larger dapples.
Notes
  • "Dappled-grey" is a noun referring to the animal itself, not an adjective describing the color pattern. To describe the pattern, one would use the adjective "dappled grey" (often without a hyphen in this predicative use: ).
  • This color is distinct from a "grey" horse without dapples and from a "roan" coat, which mixes white and colored hairs uniformly.
dappled-grey

The horse in the field has a beautiful dappled-grey coat.

Noun
  1. grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings

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