ratula Save DMLBS Du Cange ratula , kind of bird, perh. corncrake. ~e vero rauce et clamose infinite Gir. TH I 14 p. 47. RATULA. Silvester Giraldus in Topogr. Hibern. dist. 1. cap. 10 : Ratulæ vero raucæ et clamosæ innumeræ. Sed videtur legendum Ranulæ.