[strag.gle] vi strag.gled ; strag.gling [ME straglen] (15c) 1: to wander from the direct course or way: rove, stray
2: to trail off from others of its kind "little cabins straggling off into the woods" -- strag.gler n
[2]straggle n (1865): a straggling group (as of persons or objects)