trun|dle

trun|dle
trun|dle «TRUHN duhl», verb, -dled, -dling, noun.
–v.t.
1. to roll along; push along on a wheel or wheels: »

The workman trundled a wheelbarrow full of cement.

2. to cause to rotate; twirl; spin; whirl.
3. British Informal, Cricket. to make (a bowl).
–v.i.
1. to move or be moved by trundling.
2. to whirl; revolve.
3. British Informal, Cricket. to bowl: »

[He] is reported to be the best of his type now trundling (Punch).

╂[probably < Old French trondeler roll < Germanic (compare Middle High German trendeln to turn, rotate < trendel top)]
–n.
1. the act of trundling or rolling; rolling along: »

Our caboose took up again its easy trundle (Owen Wister).

2. a small wheel, roller, or revolving disk, especially a small but massive wheel adapted for supporting a heavy weight; caster.
3. = trundle bed. (Cf. ↑trundle bed)
4. a) = lantern pinion. (Cf. ↑lantern pinion) b) one of its staves.
5. Obsolete. a low cart or wagon on small wheels.
╂[perhaps alteration of earlier trendle, Old English trendel ring, disk]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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