ˈprabble, n. Obs. exc. dial. rare.
[Dial. variant (in Shakes., a Welshman's pronunciation) of brabble.]
A quarrel, a squabble.
| 1598 [see pribble]. 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, iv. viii. 69 Fluellen... I pray you to serue God, and keepe you out of prawles and prabbles, and quarrels and dissentions. 1883 Almondbury & Huddersfield Gloss. s.v., Au darn't differ wi' him for fear on a prabble. |
So ˈprabble v. trans., to chatter noisily.
| 1881 Blackmore Christowell xvi, And let the others prabble truculent philosophy. |