adjective
- soiled or dragged through mud, dirt, or water; bedraggled
Usage: often used to describe clothing or the lower hem of a garment
verb
- to drag through mud, dirt, or water; to make wet and dirty
Usage: past tense and past participle of 'daggle'; archaic or dialectal
Examples
- Her white dress was daggled after walking through the wet garden.
- The hem of his coat was daggled with mud from the unpaved road.
- The child's clothes became daggled as she played in the puddles.
- She daggled her skirt through the stream while crossing.
- The dog's fur was daggled and matted after running through the swamp.
- His once-fine trousers were daggled beyond recognition.