See Also: rabble(1)(dictionary)
rabble(2)(dictionary)
rabble(3)(dictionary)
rabble(4)(dictionary)
rabble(5)(dictionary)
rabble(dictionary)
ribble-rabble(dictionary)
rabble-rousing(dictionary)

rabble(2) (iou)



rabble noun2. M17.
[French rable (earlier roable) from medieval Latin rotabulum = Latin rutabulum fire-shovel, oven rake, from rut-, ruere rake up.]
A shovel used by charcoal-burners to remove the covering from the burned pile. Long obsolete exc. dial. M17.
Metallurgy. An iron bar for stirring and skimming molten metal or cleaning the hearth of a furnace. M19.