Rŭm'ble1, n.
n. 1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.] “Delighting ever in rumble that is new.” Chaucer. 2. A boot with a seat above it for servants, behind a carriage. The single gentleman and Mr. Garland were in the carriage, and the post-boy was in the saddle, and Kit, well wrapped and muffled up, was in the rumble behind. Dickens.
- A revolving cask or shaking-machine, used to clean small works of cast-iron by mutual friction.
- A low, heavy sound; a rumbling; as, the rumble of distant thunder.