trundle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
    truckle; trundle bed; truckle bed.
  2. noun small wheel or roller
  3. verb move heavily
    • the streetcar trundled down the avenue

WordNet

Trun"dle noun
Etymology
AS. tryndel a little shield. See Trend, v. i.
Definitions
  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.
Trun"dle transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Trundled ; present participle & verbal noun Trundling
Definitions
  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.
Trun"dle intransitive verb
Definitions
  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