English-Thai Dictionary

drabble

VT ทำให้ เปื้อน เลอะ  draggle

 

drabbletail

N คน สกปรก เลอะเทอะ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRABBLE

v.t.To draggle; to make dirty by drawing in mud and water; to wet and befoul; as, to drabble a gown or cloke. In scottish, this word signifies to dirty by slabbering, as if it were allied to dribble, drivel, from the root of drip, which coincides with drop.

 

DRABBLE

v.i.To fish for barbels with a long line and rod.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRABBLE

Drab "ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbling. ][Drab, Draff. ]

 

Defn: To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. Halliwell.

 

DRABBLE

DRABBLE Drab "ble, v. i.

 

Defn: To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.

 

DRABBLER

DRABBLER Drab "bler, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.

 

DRABBLE-TAIL

DRABBLE-TAIL Drab "ble-tail `, n.

 

Defn: A draggle-tail; a slattern. Halliwell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drabble

drab ¦ble |ˈdrab (ə )l | ▶verb archaic make or become wet and dirty by movement into or through muddy water. ORIGIN Middle English: from Low German drabbelen ‘paddle in water or mire ’, from drabbe ‘mire ’.

 

Drabble, Margaret

Drab ble, Margaret |ˈdrabəl ˈdræbəl | (1939 –), English novelist. Notable works: The Millstone (1966 ), The Radiant Way (1987 ), The Peppered Moth (2001 ), and The Red Queen (2004 ). She is the younger sister of A. S. Byatt.

 

Oxford Dictionary

drabble

drab ¦ble |ˈdrab (ə )l | ▶verb archaic make or become wet and dirty by movement into or through muddy water. ORIGIN Middle English: from Low German drabbelen ‘paddle in water or mire ’, from drabbe ‘mire ’.

 

Drabble, Margaret

Drab ¦ble |ˈdrab (ə )l | (b.1939 ), English novelist, the younger sister of A. S. Byatt. Notable works: The Millstone (1966 ), The Ice Age (1977 ), and The Radiant Way (1987 ).