Dictionary entry

Rout (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rout, n. A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult. Shak.

This new book the whole world makes such a rout about. Sterne.

“My child, it is not well,” I said,

“Among the graves to shout;

To laugh and play among the dead,

And make this noisy rout.” Trench.