[f. BRANGLE v.2 + -ING1.] Noisy and turbulent disputing; squabbling.
1611. Cotgr., Altercation, altercation … wrangling, brangling.
1622. T. Stoughton, Chr. Sacrif., x. 136. The Papists wrangling and brangling about the word.
1726. Swift, To a Lady, Wks. 1755, IV. I. 295. Drives out brangling and contention.
1830. D’Israeli, Chas. I., III. xiii. 288. The branglings and heart-burnings of their unsettled heads.
