noun. A disease of the grape in which the berries fall off just as they are ripening. It is attributed to defective nutrition, but may also be influenced by fungi and insects. Also called shelling and shanking.

verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rattle.

noun. Plural form of rattle.

"The train rattles to a halt at Memorial Park and many people in bright summer shorts and carrying lawn chairs and coolers disembark."

battles  prattles  

rattle