brattle

An obsolete verb meaning to make a rattling or clattering noise, or to move with a clattering sound.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désuet signifiant produire un bruit de ferraille ou un grondement, ou se déplacer avec un tel bruit.

1. Make a rattling sound C2 formal

   To produce a series of short, sharp, clattering noises, often like something shaking or moving quickly.

   • The old shutters brattled in the strong wind.
   • The cart brattled over the cobblestone street.
   • The loose window pane brattled every time a truck passed by.

   🇫🇷Faire un bruit de ferraille

   Synonymes: bickerchatterclackclangclatterrattle