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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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