brattle [brat-l] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a clattering noise.
verb (used without object), brat·tled, brat·tling.
- to scamper noisily.
Origin of brattle 1495–1505; imit; see rattle1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for brattle Historical Examples of brattle
The meetinghouse was in Brattle Street, close by the barracks.
Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times
Charles Carleton Coffin
Member of the company of cadets, and a deacon of Brattle Street church.
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Brattle, writing on the eighth, had not heard any thing of the kind.
Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather
Charles W. Upham
But now the day was coming on, and Brattle seemed to be as far from yielding as ever.
Anthony Trollope
When Mr. Fenwick entered the kitchen, Mrs. Brattle was sitting there alone.
Anthony Trollope