brattle

American  

[brat-l] / ˈbræt l /

noun

1. a clattering noise.

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verb (used without object)

brattled, brattling

1. to scamper noisily.

Etymology

Origin of brattle

1495–1505; imit; see rattle ¹

Example Sentences

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

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

Listening, the doors an’ winnocks rattle, I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O’ winter war, And through the drift, deep-lairing sprattle Beneath a scar.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

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