verb (used with object), verb (used without object), drabbled, drabbling.
1.
to draggle; make or become wet and dirty.
Origin
1350-1400;Middle Englishdrabelen < Middle Low Germandrabbeln to wade in liquid mud, bespatter, equivalent to drabbe liquid mud + -eln frequentative v. suffix; see drab2, draff
Drabble
[drab-uh l] /ˈdræb əl/
noun
1.
Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.
British Dictionary definitions for drabble
drabble
/ˈdræbəl/
verb
1.
to make or become wet or dirty
Word Origin
C14: from Low German drabbelen to paddle in mud; related to drab²
Drabble
/ˈdræbəl/
noun
1.
Dame Margaret. born 1939, British novelist and editor. Her novels include The Needle's Eye (1972), The Radiant Way (1987), and The Seven Sisters (2002). She edited the 1985 edition of the Oxford Companion to Literature