brattle
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of brattle
1495–1505; imit; see rattle 1
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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
Better the nag that ambles a' the day than him that makes a brattle for a mile and then's dune wi' the road.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Better the nag that ambles a' the day, than him that makes a brattle for a mile, and then's dune wi' the road.'
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
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 Arthur Mee
And above all, mingled with all–always, everywhere–the brattle of cornet and trombone, the whang of piano, the wail of violin, the tinkle of the noble harp, an aristocrat in base company, weeping its own downfall.
From Claim Number One by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
True Thomas played upon his harp, That birled and brattled to his hand, And the next least word True Thomas made, It garred the King take horse and brand.
From Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling
Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
These words were followed by another clang, louder and more brattling than the first.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
The N.E.D. explains this as 'to run with brattling feet, to scamper'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
The storm continued with unabated fury: the red lightning played around him, the brattling thunder stunned him, and the pelting rain poured down upon his head.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
He could show the litui with their carved clarions--the twisted cornua--the tuba, a trumpet so long and taper,--the concha wound by Tritons--and eke the buccina, a short and brattling horn.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
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