brattle
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of brattle
1495–1505; imit; see rattle 1
Example Sentences
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Crickets and night toads, the brattle of a dog, laundry billowing on a line against the night breeze.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
List'ning the doors an' winnocks rattle; I think me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O' winter war, And thro' the drift, deep-lairing sprattle, Beneath a scaur!
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
Too well they shall know, when amid the wild brattle Of the waters below, they enter life's battle.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
The delusion is complete, when, on a mild evening, the tree-toads open their brittle- brattle chorus on the edge of the pond.
From The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3 by Warner, Charles Dudley
Just in the heart of the brattle the grating of the yett turning on its rusty hinges was but too plainly heard.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
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