brattle
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of brattle
1495–1505; imit; 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
Thou need na start awa' sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
“I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O’ wintry war; Or thro’ the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle, Beneath a scaur.
From Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas
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
Farewell, volcanic din, Olympian brattle, The bursting bomb, the thousand-throated cheer Tartarean roar, the volleyed rifle rattle, The rocket's lightning line of fire and fear.
From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by Laidlaw, A. H. (Alexander Hamilton)
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