rumbler
(ˈrʌmblə(r))
[f. rumble v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who, or that which, rumbles or makes a rumbling noise; spec. a resounding line of poetry; a cart or carriage.
| 1611 Florio, Romoreggiatore, a noiser, a rumbler. 1670 Eachard Cont. Clergy 6 Being bound to get..two or three hundred rumblers out of Homer. 1706 E. Baynard Cold Baths ii. 425, I only trull 'em a couple of Rumblers. 1748 Richardson Clarissa IV. 206 The trisyllables, and the rumblers of syllables more than three. 1836 Mahony Reliq. Father Prout ix. Songs France 269 The rumbler jugged off from his feet. 1874 Slang Dict. 273 Rumbler, a four-wheeled cab. |
b. A type of round bell on a harness, etc. Also attrib.
| 1953 A. Jobson Household & Country Crafts xii. 130 But at Chichester the first horse had three bells, the second four and the third five. In the case of round bells they were known as rumblers. 1961 Countryman LVIII. iii. 596 Some early ones had round ‘rumbler’ bells. 1971 Country Life 8 Apr. 839/2 Rumblers were another type of bell, circular with a ball inside to give them their characteristic sound. This type was quite common for cart horses or pack horses, but never used on a sheep as that animal did not give the bell the right kind of motion to make it rumble properly. |
† 2. = rumble n. 4. Obs.—1
| 1801 [see rumble-tumble 1]. |
3. A machine for peeling potatoes.
| 1976 Star (Sheffield) 20 Nov. (Advt.), One 56 lb Triumph Superb Potato Rumbler, fully reconditioned, {pstlg}300. 1977 Grimsby Even. Tel. 24 May 4/9 (Advt.), Potato room with an imperial rumbler and a Crypto chipper. |