Daggle
/ˈdæɡəl/noun
To drag or trail through mud or water, becoming wet or dirty.
Did you know?Daggle is chiefly dialectal or obsolete and is generally treated as a variant related to draggle, rather than as a word with occult origins.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
English
daglen
“A probable early form meaning to trail or drag; the evidence is limited.”
16th Century
English
draggle
“To drag through wet or dirty ground.”
17th Century
English
daggle
“A dialectal or variant form meaning to trail in mud or water.”
18th–19th Century
English
daggle
“To make wet and dirty by dragging along the ground.”
Modern English
English
daggle
“A rare dialectal or obsolete verb meaning to trail through mud or water.”