Obs. rare–1. [a. F. branle-r ‘to shake’; ulterior origin uncertain. Diez and Littré connect it with brandir to BRANDISH, the former taking it for a deriv. form *brandoler, the latter from brandeler, found in OF. with the senses of both brandir and branler. Cf. BRANDLE, BRANGLE.] To agitate, toss about, bandy.
1654. Jer. Taylor, Real Pres., xii. 28. This new question began to branle the words of Type and Antitype.
