draggle
/ˈdraɡ(ə)l
/verb [with object]
1Make (something) dirty or wet, typically by trailing it through mud or water: (as adjective draggled) she wore a draggled skirt...
- She draggles her shawl.
- He would not creep about the country with moaning voice and melancholy eyes, with draggled dress and outward signs of wretchedness.
- A draggled muslin cap on his head and a dirty gunny-sack about his slim hips proclaimed him cook of the decidedly dirty ship's galley in which I found myself.
1.1 [no object] Hang untidily: red hairs draggled dispiritedly from her chignon...
- Her fur was staring wet, draggled into points, and her tail was thick with black mud.
1.2 [no object] archaic Trail behind others; lag behind: they draggled at the heels of his troop...
- With heavy hearts they draggled at the heels of his troop, as they marched down to the river-side to embark.
Origin
Early 16th century: diminutive and frequentative of drag.
Rhymes
- national football
- National Football League
- national forest
- National Front
- National Gallery
- national game
- national government
- national grid
- National Guard
- National Health
- National Health Service
- national heritage
- national holiday
- National Hunt
- National Hunt Committee
- national identity
- national income
- National Insurance
- nationalisation
- nationalise
- nationalism
- nationalist
- nationalistic
- nationalistically
- nationality