▪ I. † ˈbrustling, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. brustle v.1 + -ing1.]
Rustling noise or movement.
| 1600 Hakluyt Voyages (1810) III. 133 We fell into a great whirling and brustling of a tyde. |
▪ II. † ˈbrustling, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. brustle v.2]
Raising of the feathers; vapouring, blustering.
| 1622 T. Stoughton Chr. Sacr. vii. 91 The Turkie cocke..maketh a great brustling and strouting with his wings. |