I. ˈtrəkəl noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English trookel, trocle, from Latin trochlea sheaf of pulleys — more at trochlea
1.
a. : a small wheel ; especially : pulley
b. : a small roller used to move a heavy object : caster
2. : truckle bed
3. dialect England : a small barrel-shaped cheese
II. intransitive verb
( truckled ; truckled ; truckling -k(ə)liŋ ; truckles )
Etymology: from truckle (in truckle bed )
1. obsolete : to sleep in a truckle bed
2.
[so called from the fact that the truckle bed was usually pushed under the larger standard bed]
: to act in a subservient manner : yield to the wishes or the will of another : bend obsequiously : submit
he would truckle to no man — V.L.Parrington
people who will always truckle to those who have money — Archibald Marshall