əl verb (used with object)
1.
to soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.
verb (used without object)
2.
to trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
3.
to follow slowly; straggle.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become wet or dirty by trailing on the ground; bedraggle |
| 2. | (intr) to lag; dawdle |
| [C16: probably frequentative of | |
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draggle
1510s, frequentative of 'drag. This led to draggle-tail "sloppy woman, woman whose skirts are wet and draggled" (1590s). Related: Draggled.
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