Definitions
the stealing of cattle
Word origin
From Middle English *rustlynge, rustland, from Old English hrīstlende, *hrȳstlende, present participle of Old English *hrȳstlan (“to rustle”), equivalent to rustle + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“And if you would like one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling.”
“I hear a rustling in the bushes off to my right, and my trigger finger spasms.”
“The time in the paintings is also deepened by furtive movements and rustlings, mostly thanks to Bonnard’s figures.”
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