mottle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color
    • it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green
  2. verb mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
    streak; blotch.
  3. verb colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
    dapple; cloud.

WordNet

Mot"tle transitive verb
Etymology
From Mottled.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mottled ; present participle & verbal noun Mottling
Definitions
  1. To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Mot"tle noun
Definitions
  1. A mottled appearance.

Webster 1913