gustle

verb · 17th century

It makes the wind sound like a grumpy old man shuffling through the eaves.

To blow in fits and starts or to breathe heavily like a gusty wind.

In the wild

“The chimneys began to gustle as the gale gathered strength around the house.”

Origin

A frequentative form of gust, appearing in the 17th century to describe erratic or noisy air movement.