I. ˈbrabəl intransitive verb
( brabbled ; brabbled ; brabbling -b(ə)liŋ ; brabbles )
Etymology: Middle Dutch brabbelen to quarrel, stammer, jabber, of imitative origin
: to talk noisily or captiously : squabble
the desultory brabbling between the Western Powers and the Russians — Time
II. noun
( -s )
1.
a. : altercation , quarrel
the brabbles of the law courts
b. obsolete : a noisy fight : brawl
in private brabble did we apprehend him — Shakespeare
2.
a. : babble
a brabble of voices
: chatter
I'm not to be mollified by any woman's brabble — P.L.Ford
b. : a discordant continued murmuring
a fresh nor'-westerly breeze had sprung up … and there was a heavy brabble alongshore — G.G.Carter