Obs. [f. TRATTLE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb TRATTLE; idle talking or chattering; gossiping.
a. 1400. Cursor M., 27824 (Cott. Galba). Couatyse es ane euil syn…. Of þis cumes tratilling of tresoune.
c. 1460. How Gd. Wife taught Daughter, 17 (MS. St. Jobn’s, Camb.). Nocht oyss [= use] of tratlyng in the toune.
1570. Satir. Poems Ref., xxiii. 115. Thocht Lethingtoun with tratling he do trane thame.
1603. Proph. of Waldhaue (Bann. Cl.), 34. This taile that I tell you,… It is a tratling but trueth, the suth the to say.
