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Truckle vs Trendle - What's the difference?

truckle | trendle |

As nouns the difference between truckle and trendle

is that truckle is a small wheel; a caster or pulley while trendle is (obsolete) a wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle.

As a verb truckle

is to roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle or truckle can be to act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.

truckle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) trokel, trocle, trookyl, from (etyl) trocle, from .

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a small wheel; a caster or pulley
    • Derived terms
    * truckle bed

    Verb

    (truckl)
  • To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.

    • Etymology 2

    From a back formation of truckle bed , see (l).

    Verb

    (truckl)
  • to act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior
  • *
  • * Norris
    • Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly policy.
    Derived terms
    * truckler

    References

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    trendle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle.
    • The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. — Sylvester.
    (Webster 1913)