rackle

[ rak-uhl ]

adjectiveChiefly Scot.
  1. headstrong; rash.

Origin of rackle

1
1250–1300; Middle English; perhaps variant of rattle1; cf. racket1

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How to use rackle in a sentence

  • This being the case, he "twirled his rackler," and other watchmen coming up, Mr. H. was conveyed to the watch-house.