ˈpratement rare.
[f. prate v. + -ment.]
Prating, talking. Also allusively (quot. 1831).
| 1657 J. Watts Vind. Ch. Eng. 268 Pratements of the longest and strongest winded speaker. 1831 Blackw. Mag. XXIX. 982 In and out of Pratement—we beg pardon for that lapsus linguæ—Parliament. |