gabriel ratchet
noun
ga·bri·el rat·chet
| \ ˈgābrēəlˌrachə̇t\
Definition of gabriel ratchet
dialectal
: the cries of migrating wild geese flying by night which are often popularly explained as the baying of a supernatural pack of hounds and to which various superstitious significances (as forebodings of evil) are attributed
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