Brustle

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A bristle. [Obs. or Prov.] Chaucer.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.] Gower.

2. To make a show of fireceness or defiance; to bristle. [Obs.] To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.] Otway.