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
"Is it because there comes an accidental brattle of thunder?" he returned.
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
Thou need na start awa' sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
As Burns happens to use bickering as his epithet for the mouse's brattle, we may take this word as another illustration of Littr�'s principle.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by Sargeaunt, John
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
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