verb
- past tense of hirsle; to drag, pull, or move something along a surface with effort or noise.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; often implies a rough or scraping motion
Examples
- He hirsled the heavy box across the floor.
- The child hirsled her feet along the ground as she walked.
- She hirsled the chair back to its place with a loud scraping sound.
- They hirsled the old furniture out of the attic.