blɒtʃ blɑtʃ klaʊd ˈmɑt əl ˈmɑt əl stɹiːk colour with streaks or blotches of different shades mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained 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