rickle

/ (ˈrɪkəl) /


nounScot
  1. an unsteady or shaky structure, esp a dilapidated building

  2. a loose or disorganized heap

Origin of rickle

1
C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin

Words Nearby rickle

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How to use rickle in a sentence

  • rickle; a little heap of turf peats standing on ends against each other.

  • There was but one window in the little "rickle of brick" which their pawnbroking Jew landlord called a "commodious cottage."

    Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City | S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett