2 entries under this word

Rumble

Rŭm'ble, n.

noun

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.

  1. A revolving cask or shaking-machine, used to clean small works of cast-iron by mutual friction.
  2. A low, heavy sound; a rumbling; as, the rumble of distant thunder.

Rŭm'ble, v. i.

verbintransitive

[Ger. rumpeln, rummeln, Dan. rumle, D. rommelen, Fr. romeler.] To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, thunder rumbles* at a distance.

In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. Surrey.