brangle

noun, verb — 2 senses

brangle

noun

/ˈbɹæŋ.ɡəl/

Etymology Perhaps related to branle.

1

Archaic A squabble.

"I was a fool, it's a fact, to let any such brangle come up," said Legree; "but, when the boy set up his will, he had to be broke in."1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin:

brangle

verb

Etymology Perhaps related to branle.

1

To squabble.

"As if he'd let a cow-handed bantling like you handle them," Cecily muttered. "Children!" Meredyth protested, her face flushing. "What must Lord Englemere think, to hear you brangle so?"1999, Julia Justiss, The Wedding Gamble, page 104:

Derived terms: branglement, brangler, embrangle

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