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16 words match “TRUNDLE”

TRUNDLE v. 9 definitions
To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage.
TRUNDLE-BED n.
A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. Chapman.
TRUNDLEHEAD n. 2 definitions
One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.
TRUNDLETAIL n.
A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail. Shak.
CRIB v.
in narrow accommodations. [R.] Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. Gauden.
LANTERN n.
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
RUNDLE n.
One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
RUNG n.
the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
STANDING a.
Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed). Standing army. See Standing army, under Army. -- Standing bolt. See Stud bolt, under Stud, a stem. -- Standing committee, in legislative bodies, etc., a committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects of a particular class which shal…
TIKE n.
A dog; a cur. "Bobtail tike or trundle-tail." Shak.
TRENDLE n.
A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. [Obs.] The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. Sylvester.
TRINDLE v.
See Trundle.
TRUCKLE v.
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
TRUCKLE-BED n.
A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. "His standing bed and truckle-bed." Shak.
TRUNNEL n.
A trundle. [R.]
WALLOWER n.
A lantern wheel; a trundle.