Rum″ble, n. 1. A noisy report; rumor.
Delighting ever in rumble that is new. Chaucer.
2. A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.
Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. Tennyson.
Merged in the rumble of awakening day. H. James.
3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Kit, well wrapped,... was in the rumble behind. Dickens.
4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.