To drag through mud, water, or dirt until wet and dirty; to bedraggle.
From 'be-' prefix plus 'daggle' (from Middle English 'daggle,' possibly related to 'dag,' a hanging piece of cloth or matted hair). The prefix intensifies the action of getting something wet and muddy.
Bedaggle is basically an old, fancy way of saying 'to get really muddy'—and since people wore long skirts and robes that dragged through streets full of mud and water, this was a real concern! The word suggests the hems of dresses getting soaked and filthy from trailing through wet conditions.
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