gabriel ratchet
noun
ga·bri·el rat·chet
ˈgābrēəlˌrachə̇t
dialectal
: the cries of migrating wild geese flying by night which are often popularly explained as the baying of a supernatural pack of hounds and to which various superstitious significances (as forebodings of evil) are attributed
Word History
Etymology
Middle English Gabrielle rache, from Gabriel, one of the seven archangels, the herald of good tidings (Luke 1), thought of as blowing a trumpet on Judgment Day + rache hound