dapple
verbUK /ˈdæp.əl/
US /ˈdæp.əl/
To mark something with small spots of color.
The sunlight dappled the grass under the tree.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A small spot or patch of color.
The horse had dapples of gray on its coat.
3. To become marked with spots.
The apples dappled as they ripened in the sun.
4. Covered with spots, as in dapple-gray.
She rode a dapple-gray pony at the fair.