How do you use Dapple in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like spot or speckle, plus the exact meaning.
Dapple meaning
- A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
- An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
Using Dapple
- The main meaning on this page is: A mottled marking, usually in clusters. | An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
- Useful related words include: spot, speckle, patch, fleck.
- In the example corpus, dapple often appears in combinations such as: double dapple.
Context around Dapple
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dapple
- In this selection, "dapple" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, double, wording, dachshunds, gene and pattern stand out and add context to how "dapple" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and double dapple dachshunds citation and double dapple dachshunds which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dapple" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dapple
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If a dachshund has one single spot of dapple, it is a dapple. (13 words)
Piebald-patterned dachshunds will never have blue in their eyes, unless the dapple pattern is present. (16 words)
The Dachshund Club of America (DCA) and the American Kennel Club (AKC) consider both the piebald pattern and the double dapple (double merle) pattern to be nonstandard. (27 words)
The DCA excluded the wording "double-dapple" from the standard in 2007 and now strictly use the wording "dapple" as the double dapple gene is commonly responsible for blindness and deafness. (31 words)
They can also have eyes of two different colors; however, this is only found in dapple and double dapple dachshunds. citation Dachshunds can have a blue and a brown eye. (30 words)
Double-dapple dachshunds, which are prone to eye disease, blindness, or hearing problems, are generally believed to have been introduced to the United States between 1879 and 1885. (28 words)
Example sentences (6)
The DCA excluded the wording "double-dapple" from the standard in 2007 and now strictly use the wording "dapple" as the double dapple gene is commonly responsible for blindness and deafness.
If a dachshund has one single spot of dapple, it is a dapple.
They can also have eyes of two different colors; however, this is only found in dapple and double dapple dachshunds. citation Dachshunds can have a blue and a brown eye.
Double-dapple dachshunds, which are prone to eye disease, blindness, or hearing problems, are generally believed to have been introduced to the United States between 1879 and 1885.
Piebald-patterned dachshunds will never have blue in their eyes, unless the dapple pattern is present.
The Dachshund Club of America (DCA) and the American Kennel Club (AKC) consider both the piebald pattern and the double dapple (double merle) pattern to be nonstandard.
Common combinations with dapple
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: