rackle

American  

[rak-uhl] / ˈræk əl /

adjective

Chiefly Scot.

1. headstrong; rash.

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Etymology

Origin of rackle

1250–1300; Middle English; perhaps variant of rattle ¹; racket ¹

Example Sentences

I mean, just look: The left tackle is a right tackle, the left guard is a tackle, the center is a guard, the right guard is a center, and the right rackle is a guard.

From Chicago Tribune

Almost immediately the 20 warriors gathered and knelt around the corpse and swore the terrible feud—swore eternal enmity to the house of Coila—'to fight the clan wherever found, to wrestle, to rackle and rive with them, and never to make peace 'While there's leaf on the forest Or foam on the river.'

From Project Gutenberg

"Now for Rackle Roy and a basketful of glashins and lithe," said Maurice.

From Project Gutenberg

In a few minutes the boat was pulled clear of the little bay and out of the shelter of Rackle Roy.

From Project Gutenberg

Then', at the far end of the bay, he saw men's figures moving, near the Black Rock, among the boats hauled up on the shore in the creek from which he and Maurice and Una had set out to fish on Rackle Roy.

From Project Gutenberg