draggle

/ˈdɹæɡəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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verb

"[…] with draggled nets down-hanging to the tide […]"
"The rain drove into the bride and bridegroom's faces as they passed to the chariot. The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets."
"[If] it be too long it draggles on the ground and gets under foot and is very troublesome."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *draganą Proto-West Germanic *dragan Old English dragan Middle English dragen Middle English draggen Low German draggeinflu. English drag Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English draggle From drag + -le.

draggles (present, singular) draggling (participle, present) draggled (participle, past) draggled (past)

bedraggle bedraggled

draggle-tail draggle-tailed

bedraggle

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