Definition of "draggle" [drag•gle]

• To make wet and dirty by dragging on the ground. (verb-transitive)
• To become wet and muddy by being dragged. (verb-intransitive)
• To follow slowly; straggle. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Some few who had no music in their souls, or no money in their pockets, dawdled about; and the old spectacle of the visitor – wife and the depressed unseasoned prisoner still lingered in corners, as broken cobwebs and such unsightly discomforts draggle in corners of other places."
• "Add to this a dirty, draggle-tailed chintz; long, matted hair, wandering into her eyes, and over her lean shoulders, which were once so snowy, and you have the picture of drunkenness and Mrs. Simon Gambouge."
• "People go by, so drenched and draggle-tailed that I have often wondered how they found the heart to undress."