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trundle \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.


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.

trundle n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: trundle bed, truckle bed, truckle] 2: small wheel or roller v : move heavily; of vehicles, such as streetcars

To push or propel on wheels or rollers: “I doubt if Emerson could trundle a wheelbarrow through the streets” (Henry David Thoreau).
[Variant of dialectal trendle, wheel, from Middle English from Old English trendel, circle.]