Draggle
[drægl]
Definition
(v. t.) To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail.
(v. i.) To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass.
Edited by Lenore
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Trail, daggle, drabble, befoul, bemire.
Checked by Clifton
Definition
v.t. or v.i. to make or become wet and dirty by dragging along the ground.—n. Dragg′le-tail a slut.—adj. Dragg′le-tailed.
Checker: Sumner
Examples
- Then wet umbrellas began to appear, draggled skirts, and mud. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Why what bloodshot, draggled, dishevelled spectacle is this! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The wet day draggles the tricolor, but the joy is unextinguishable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The draggling ends of the red neckerchief caught the schoolmaster's eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checked by Hugo