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dag

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"Garment flap"

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3 lettersPronunciation /dæɡ/Part of speech nounSorted adgStarts with DEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing

Word origin

From Middle English dagge, of uncertain (probably Germanic) origin, cognate with (Middle) Dutch dag, dagge, dagh. The sense "dangling lock of wool, matted with dung" (originally from the dialect of Kent) is also termed "daglock" (derived from the "hanging end" sense of "dag") or "daggle-lock" and some sources consider the sense a shortening of that longer word rather than a mere evolution of the "hanging end" sense.

Used in a sentence

  • To see the dunged folds of dag-tayled sheepe.
  • 1859-1865, Hensleigh Wedgwood, A Dictionary of English Etymology Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.
  • He was one of the first significant private buyers of wool in New Zealand, playing a major part in bringing respectability to what at first was a very diverse group. He pioneered the pelletising of dag waste.

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