▪ I. raggle, n.1 Sc.
(ˈræg(ə)l)
[Of obscure origin and history: cf. the vb.]
A groove cut in stone, esp. on a wall to receive the end or edge of a roof.
| 1835 in Sc. Nat. Dict. (1968) s.v. Raggle v.1, n.1 1881 D. H. Fleming Guide St. Andrews 55 The raggle of the roof and the ragged marks of the wall are still seen on the west front of the tower. 1895 E. M. Chalmers St. Ninian's Candida Casa 9 The raggle cut in the stone for the roof. 1956 Scotsman 22 Sept. 9/1, I am..taken aback by the nonchalance with which these..men stroll about among the chimney pots..uttering deep thoughts about raggles and sarking, flashing and skews and Raffit verges. |
▪ II. † ˈraggle, n.2 Sc. Obs.—1
Straggling order.
| 1594 in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) IV. 222 [Marching, as described by an eye-witness] at raggle and in plumps without order. |
▪ III. ˈraggle, n.3 U.S.
[f. rag n.1 + -le.]
A rag, a strip (of fur, etc.).
| 1888 Cosmopolitan (quoted in Cent. Dict.). |
▪ IV. raggle, v.
(ˈræg(ə)l)
[? f. raggle n.1; but the vbl. n. is found much earlier than this.]
a. trans. To cut a raggle in (stone). b. = house v. 4 d.
| 1808 Jamieson, To raggle..in architecture, to jagg, to make a groove in one stone for receiving another. 1833 Loudon Encycl. Arch. §1066 All the treads and risers to be raggled (housed) into strings. |