Dapple (verb)
dap-l
to mark or become marked with spots.
Dapple, the verb, was first recorded in 1545–55 and was probably formed from the adjective dappled, “having spots of a different shade from the background.”
Example sentences
“sunlight dappled her skin through the shade of the trees”
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