Category:Trundle

Trun"dle, n. Etym: [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.

Trundle 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.

Trundle 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.