Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Spotted like an apple; dapple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Dappled.
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- adjective obsolete
dappled
Etymologies
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Old French pomelé, French pommelé. See pome.
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Examples
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That is a beast, pomely or spotted, that is but a little more high than is a steed, but he hath the neck a twenty cubits long; and his croup and his tail is as of an hart; and he may look over a great high house.
qms commented on the word pomely
To some a horse is made homely
By a coat that's mottled and pomely,
But my heart is kindled
By all that is brindled,
Recalling my old pinto pony.
October 21, 2015