English-Thai Dictionary

draggle

VT ลาก ลง ไป ให้ เประ เปื้อน (ดิน  โคลน  lak-long-pai-hai-prea-puean

 

draggletail

N คน สกปรก เลอะเทอะ 

 

draggletailed

A สกปรก มอมแมม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAGGLE

v.t.To wet and dirty by drawing on the ground or mud, or on wet grass; to drabble.

 

DRAGGLE

v.i.To be drawn on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being drawn on the mud or wet grass.

 

DRAGGLE-TAIL

n.A slut.

 

DRAGGLED

pp. Drawn on the ground; wet or dirtied by being drawn on the ground or mire.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRAGGLE

Drag "gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling. ]Etym: [Freq. of drag. Drawl. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

DRAGGLE

DRAGGLE Drag "gle, v. i.

 

Defn: To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. Hudibras.

 

DRAGGLE-TAIL

DRAGGLE-TAIL Drag "gle-tail `, n.

 

Defn: A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.

 

DRAGGLE-TAILED

DRAGGLE-TAILED Drag "gle-tailed `, a.

 

Defn: Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

draggle

drag gle |ˈdragəl ˈdræɡəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something ) dirty or wet, typically by trailing it through mud or water: (as adj. draggled ) : she wore a draggled skirt. • [ no obj. ] hang untidily: red hairs draggled from under her cap. • [ no obj. ] archaic trail behind others; lag behind: they draggled at the heels of his troop. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: diminutive and frequentative of drag .

 

draggle-tailed

drag gle-tailed ▶adjective archaic having untidily trailing skirts: a draggle-tailed wench.

 

Oxford Dictionary

draggle

drag ¦gle |ˈdrag (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something ) dirty or wet, typically by trailing it through mud or water: (as adj. draggled ) : she wore a draggled skirt. • [ no obj. ] hang untidily: red hairs draggled dispiritedly from her chignon. • [ no obj. ] archaic trail behind others; lag behind. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: diminutive and frequentative of drag .

 

draggle-tailed

draggle-tailed ▶adjective archaic having untidily trailing skirts: a draggle-tailed wench.