brattle
English edit
Etymology edit
Apparently imitative, probably under influence of break + rattle.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
brattle (third-person singular simple present brattles, present participle brattling, simple past and past participle brattled)
- (intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
- 1972, John Gardner, Grendel, London, page 6:
- Him too I hate, the same as I hate these brainless budding trees, these brattling birds.