gabble ratchetn.

Brit.

/ˈɡabl ratʃᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈɡæb(ə)l ˌrætʃət/

Forms:

α. 1700s– gabble ratchet, 1800s gaabr'l ratchet, 1800s gabble retchet, 1800s gaber ratchet, 1900s gabrel ratchet, 1900s yabble ratchet; U.S. regional 1900s– gabble racket, 1900s– gobble ratchet.

β. 1800s gabble ratcher, 1800s gobble ratch, 1800s– gabble ratch, 1900s gabble raatch, 1900s yabble raatch.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a; gabriel rache, variant of Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a.

Etymology: Partly (i) (in α. forms) a variant or alteration of Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a (compare ratchet n.¹), and partly (ii) (in β. forms) a variant or alteration of gabriel rache, variant of Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a (compare rache n.). Compare earlier Gabriel hounds n. at Gabriel n. 1b.With forms in gabble perhaps compare gabble v. (with reference to the noise made by the creatures); likewise with forms in gobble perhaps compare gobble v.², and with forms in yabble perhaps compare yabble v. In gabble racket at α. forms after racket n.² In gabble ratcher at β. forms probably inferred from a plural form (in non-rhotic varieties).

Chiefly English regional (northern).

In plural. A flock of birds (usually wild geese) making a noise in the air, and imagined or represented as a gathering of supernatural creatures presaging death or misfortune or as the souls of children who have died unbaptized. In singular: the noise made by these birds or creatures. Cf. Gabriel ratchet n., Gabriel hounds n. at Gabriel n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of > of evil > foreboder

Gabriel's houndsc888

Gabriel ratchet?c1475

foredoomer1591

forebodera1796

gabble ratchets1862

α.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 89/2 Gabbleratchets, birds which make a noise in the air in the spring evenings.

1862 Monthly Packet Aug. 127 In the neighbourhood of Leeds, however, these aerial visitors assume another name and character. They are called ‘Gabble retchet’, and are held to be the souls of unbaptized infants, which are doomed restlessly to flit around their parents' abode.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 70 I heared t' gabble-ratchet; but I lay I've stopped it fra deeing me any ho't.

1954 F. C. Cornford Coll. Poems 92 Around the eaves a soul unchristened, A perished child, complains—The Gabble-ratchet, said my mother, (Her Yorkshire people told each other) Lost in the weeping rains.

2011 H. Frisby in M. Rotar & A. Teodorescu Dying & Death 18th–21st Cent. Europe 89 In Leeds, Sheffield and Nidderdale, it is attested that the nocturnal wailing of flocks of birds was widely believed to be the sound of the ‘gabble ratchets’..come to collect the soul of a dying person.

β. 1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 387/2 Gabble-Ratches, birds that make a great noise in the air in the evenings. North.1893 J. H. Turner Hist. Brighouse 240 No wonder that hobgoblins,..gabble-ratches and headless horses scoured the country.1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 47/1 Their barking cackle [i.e. that of bean geese] is called the yabbleraatch or t'gabbleraatch; heard in their flights at night it pressages [sic] death to the hearer, or to someone connected with him.1973 Times 10 Feb. 16/7 The wild geese clanging over in the winter night were gabbleratches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gabble ratchet
释义	gabble ratchetn. Brit. /ˈɡabl ratʃᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡæb(ə)l ˌrætʃət/ Forms: α. 1700s– gabble ratchet, 1800s gaabr'l ratchet, 1800s gabble retchet, 1800s gaber ratchet, 1900s gabrel ratchet, 1900s yabble ratchet; U.S. regional 1900s– gabble racket, 1900s– gobble ratchet. β. 1800s gabble ratcher, 1800s gobble ratch, 1800s– gabble ratch, 1900s gabble raatch, 1900s yabble raatch. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a; gabriel rache, variant of Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a. Etymology: Partly (i) (in α. forms) a variant or alteration of Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a (compare ratchet n.¹), and partly (ii) (in β. forms) a variant or alteration of gabriel rache, variant of Gabriel ratchet n. at Gabriel n. 1a (compare rache n.). Compare earlier Gabriel hounds n. at Gabriel n. 1b.With forms in gabble perhaps compare gabble v. (with reference to the noise made by the creatures); likewise with forms in gobble perhaps compare gobble v.², and with forms in yabble perhaps compare yabble v. In gabble racket at α. forms after racket n.² In gabble ratcher at β. forms probably inferred from a plural form (in non-rhotic varieties). Chiefly English regional (northern). In plural. A flock of birds (usually wild geese) making a noise in the air, and imagined or represented as a gathering of supernatural creatures presaging death or misfortune or as the souls of children who have died unbaptized. In singular: the noise made by these birds or creatures. Cf. Gabriel ratchet n., Gabriel hounds n. at Gabriel n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of > of evil > foreboder Gabriel's houndsc888 Gabriel ratchet?c1475 foredoomer1591 forebodera1796 gabble ratchets1862 α. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 89/2 Gabbleratchets, birds which make a noise in the air in the spring evenings. 1862 Monthly Packet Aug. 127 In the neighbourhood of Leeds, however, these aerial visitors assume another name and character. They are called ‘Gabble retchet’, and are held to be the souls of unbaptized infants, which are doomed restlessly to flit around their parents' abode. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 70 I heared t' gabble-ratchet; but I lay I've stopped it fra deeing me any ho't. 1954 F. C. Cornford Coll. Poems 92 Around the eaves a soul unchristened, A perished child, complains—The Gabble-ratchet, said my mother, (Her Yorkshire people told each other) Lost in the weeping rains. 2011 H. Frisby in M. Rotar & A. Teodorescu Dying & Death 18th–21st Cent. Europe 89 In Leeds, Sheffield and Nidderdale, it is attested that the nocturnal wailing of flocks of birds was widely believed to be the sound of the ‘gabble ratchets’..come to collect the soul of a dying person. β. 1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 387/2 Gabble-Ratches, birds that make a great noise in the air in the evenings. North.1893 J. H. Turner Hist. Brighouse 240 No wonder that hobgoblins,..gabble-ratches and headless horses scoured the country.1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 47/1 Their barking cackle [i.e. that of bean geese] is called the yabbleraatch or t'gabbleraatch; heard in their flights at night it pressages [sic] death to the hearer, or to someone connected with him.1973 Times 10 Feb. 16/7 The wild geese clanging over in the winter night were gabbleratches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1781
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