ransackle, v. Obs. exc. north. dial.
Forms: 7 ransacle, 8 -shakle, 9 -s(h)ackle (also ram-).
[f. ransack v. + -le.]
trans. To ransack.
| 1621 B. Jonson Gipsies Metam. ii. vi, They ha'..ransacled me of every penny. a 1802 Jamie Telfer iv. in Child Ballads IV. 6/1 They..ranshakled the house right weel. 1825 in Brockett N.C. Gloss. 1877 in Holderness Gloss. |