Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RUST'LE, v.i. [rus'l; Sax. hristlan; G. rasseln; Sw. rossla, to rattle.]

To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing of silk cloth or dry leaves; as, a rustling silk; rustling leaves or trees; rustling wings. Milton. He is coming, I hear the straw rustle. Shak.