English Explanatory Dictionary

watchman's rattle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument, with a vibrating tongue fixed in a frame, which slips over the teeth of a ratchet wheel and produces a loud raucous sound when whirled around, once used by watchmen to warn of danger

Word forms

watchman's rattle watchman's rattles watchmen's rattles

Synonyms

fiddle
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