The Collaborative International Dictionary
Draggle \Drag"gle\ (dr[a^]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled
(dr[a^]g"g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling
(dr[a^]g"gl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of drag. [root]73. Cf. Drawl.]
To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass;
to drabble; to trail.
--Gray.
With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide.
--Trench.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of draggle English)
Usage examples of "draggling".
There were vast open tracts there, wide to the sky, meadows of the sort the gobblemoles prefer, where their draggling can be through soft soil.
The refrigerator door shuddered back and forth in the rising wind, the letters painted there beginning to drip and run now, taking on the draggling ominous look of a horror-movie poster.
The wallpaper, which showed runners of roses and elves wearing green caps, was falling away from the spongy plaster in draggling leaves.
Her hair was coming undone, draggling down in untidy strands, and her suit-jacket had come unbuttoned.
She staggered about to face him, her hands crooked instinctively into claws to tear at his face and eyes, her hair draggling down into her eyes, and one sleeve of her shirtwaist half torn off.
He was a frantic-looking young man with his bow tie draggling loose down his shirt front, and he yelled "Police!
He let out a long, draggling sigh, heard Brolly shift his feet uncomfortably, saw Timiny extend his hand tentatively to draw it back slowly, uncer tain how a gesture of sympathy would be received.
He let out a long, draggling sigh, heard Brolly shift his feet uncomfortably, saw Timiny extend his hand tentatively to draw it back slowly, uncertain how a gesture of sympathy would be received.