Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which turns or rolls, as a ball, a wheel, or the like; a roller; a trundle.
- noun A brewers' cooler.
- noun The turning-beam of a spindle.
- To revolve upon an axis; turn round.
- To roll along; trundle; bowl.
- To roll.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
wheel ,spindle , or the like; atrundle .
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon.
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Examples
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"Craquelin, a cracknell; made of the yolks of egges, water, and flower; and fashioned like a hollow trendle" (Cotgrave).
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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And whilst I was chawing 'em down I walked on and seed a clock with a face as big as a baking trendle -- "
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