rattery

See also: Rattery

English

Etymology

From rat +‎ -ery.

Noun

rattery (countable and uncountable, plural ratteries)

1. (countable) A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding
2. (uncountable, obsolete) apostasy; traitorousness
   • June 22, 1822, Sydney Smith, letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq.

     the rattery and scoundrelism of public life