Scots word?

[Pete65]

I would like to know what the word "rieshel" means? It appeared in the Dundee Courier yesterday. I cant find it in any dictionary.

[TheWinner]

Can you provide us with the full sentence?

[Harry-Wragg]

It's a proper noun/name

[Pete65]

The article was about tin openers! The sentence is, "It is an ugly, battered old rieshel of a thing, but it does the job."

[Quizmonster]

This is obviously just a variant spelling of reestle or reesle. It means something rickety which clatters and rattles and may well collapse.

[scotman]

QM seems to have the gist of it.
It can be Noun and Verb and as well as QM's meanings it can also be a blow or a shaking.

[Pete65]

I am not convinced of the previous answers. Could you refer me to a dictionary please that can define the word that I have enquired about?

[scotman]

I cannot locate the precise spelling you give but I agree with the consensus of meaning given here. Scots is not a precisely defined language and if the spelling you have does not seem an unreasonable variant to me.

This from OED

reesle, reeshle, n. Sc. Also reestle.
[Of onomatop_ic origin.]
A loud clatter; a rattling blow.
_1774 Fergusson Tron Kirk Bell Poems (1845) 44 I'd bring ye wi' a reesle down.
_1810 Tannahill Come hame Poems (1846) 145 I'll lend you a reestle wi' this, owre your back.
1880 J. E. Watt Poet. Sketches 52 A reeshle like thunder was heard at the door.

[scotman]

^^^^^^^

If you want you can also look up 'The Concise Scots Dialect Dictionary' which has some more info.

[Mamyalynne]

reeshle [risl, riʃl]
v. To make a crisp, crackling, rattling or rustling noise. To clatter, rattle. To bustle about noisily.
pt. pp. reeshelt

n. A rustling sound. A loud, clattering, knocking or banging noise, a resounding noise, a crash, thud.

[Pete65]

Thank you for your help.