| Bedraggle | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedraggled p. pr. & vb. n. Bedraggling ] To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Draggle | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Draggled p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling ] [ Freq. of drag. √73. Cf. Drawl. ] To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Draggle | v. i. To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| draggled | adj. limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud.
Syn. -- bedraggled. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Draggle-tail | n. A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Draggle-tailed | a. Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ] |
