draggle

• Verbe désuet signifiant rendre mouillé et sale en traînant sur le sol ; salir, tacher.

An obsolete verb meaning to make wet and dirty by dragging on the ground; to bedraggle.

1. Make wet and dirtyC2formal

   To make something wet and dirty, typically by dragging it through mud or water.

   Traîner dans la boue (rendre sale et mouillé)

   • The children draggled their coats in the puddles.
   • Her long skirt was draggled after walking through the wet grass.
   • The dog draggled its leash through the muddy yard.

   Synonymesbedragglebegrimebespatterdirtymuddysoilspatter

   Antonymescleandrypurify