Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Brawl

Brawl ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb

[Old English braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry, make a noise; compare LG. brallen to brag, Middle High German pr{not transcribed}ulen, German prahlen, French brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, Welsh bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut, Welsh broliaw to brag, brawl boast. {not transcribed}95.]

1.
To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. — Golden Boke
2.
To complain loudly; to scold.
3.
To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
Where the brook brawls along the painful road. — Wordsworth

Brawl ({not transcribed}) , noun

A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl.
His sports were hindered by the brawls. — Shakespeare