Category:Truckle

Truc"kle, n. Etym: [dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred l. Trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See truck a Wheel.]

Defn: a small wheel or caster. Hudibras.

Truckle Truc"kle, v. i. Etym: [from truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to The fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled Under the large bed of the master.]

Defn: to yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to Submit; to creep. "small, trucking states." Burke. Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. Norris.

Truckle Truc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.]

Defn: to roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.