
Meaning of TRUNDLE
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] small wheel or roller
- [n] a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
- [v] move heavily; of vehicles, such as streetcars
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| | Synonyms: | | truckle, truckle bed, trundle bed |
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| | See Also: | | bed, go, locomote, move, roller, travel, wheel | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Trun"dle\, n. [AS. tryndel a little shield. See
{Trend}, v. i.]
1. A round body; a little wheel.
2. A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.
3. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or
rollers; a rolling motion.
4. (Mach.)
(a) A lantern wheel. See under {Lantern}.
(b) One of the bars of a lantern wheel.
\Trun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trundled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Trundling}.]
1. To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed
or a gun carriage.
2. To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle
a hoop or a ball. --R. A. Proctor.
\Trun"dle\, v. i.
1. To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under
another.
2. To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop.
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