BUSTLE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.

2.
n.

Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South.

3.
n.

A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.


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