3 entries under this word

Trundle

Trŭn'dle, n.

noun

(trŭn'dl), n. 1. A round body; a little wheel.

  1. A kind of low cart with small wooden wheels.
  2. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
  3. (Mech.) (a.) A wheel or pinion having its teeth formed of cylinders or spindles, as in mill-work; a lantern-wheel. (b.) One of the bars of such a wheel.
An illustration of a trundle or wallower mechanism, with a horizontal toothed wheel and two upright cylindrical parts.
Trundle, or Wallower.

Trŭn'dle, v. t.

verbtransitive

(trŭn'dl), v. t. Trundle, or Wallower.

  1. To roll, as a thing on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun-carriage.
  2. To cause to roll; as, to trundle a hoop.

Trŭn'dle, v. i.

verbintransitive

(trŭn'dl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. TRUNDLED; p. pr. & vb. n. TRUNDLING.] [L. Ger. tründeln, A-S. tyndelod, made round, from trýndel, trendel, a sphere, an orb, a circle. See TRENDEL.]

  1. To roll, as on little wheels; as, a bed trundles under another.
  2. To roll, as a hoop.