Making loud clattering, rattling, or confused noises; creating a commotion or disturbance.
Present participle of brattle, formed by adding -ing. This creates both a gerund (noun) and a continuous verb form.
Medieval writers loved 'brattling' because it captured both the sound AND the chaos of a moment—it's not just noise, it's the desperate, frantic, loud sound of things falling apart.
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