I. ˈtrənd ə l, ÷ -n ə l noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration of trendle
1.
a. : a small wheel or roller
the tip end of the nozzle rolls along on a freewheeling little trundle — New Yorker
b. : circlet , hoop
the circular rampart being like a hoop or trundle — Jacquetta & Christopher Hawkes
c. : a small vertical pin in the action of an organ stop for transmitting motion from the stop knob to the trace
2.
a. : lantern pinion
b. : any of the bars of such a trundle
3. : a low-wheeled cart or truck
II. verb
( trundled ; trundled ; trundling -n(d)( ə )liŋ ; trundles )
transitive verb
1.
a. : to propel by causing to rotate : bowl , roll
trundled a new tire through the sand — Vicki Baum
b. archaic : to cause to revolve : spin
attains the same result by trundling the glass during reheating — H.J.Powell
especially : to remove water from (a mop) by twirling
2.
a. : to transport in a wheeled vehicle : haul , wheel
the local bus … trundling its load — Adrian Bell
was put into a wheelchair and trundled down to the hospital library — Ben Benson
trundled wheelbarrows of dirt — R.A.Billington
b. : to cause to move on trundles : convey , push
machines … are trundled around on ball-bearing turntables — Bryan Morgan
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to progress by revolving
start a barrel trundling down a chute
b. : bowl 4
2.
a. : to move on or as if on wheels : roll
rickety old vehicles … trundle from city to city with loads of chickens — New York Times
the tram trundled away from them — Richard Blaker
heaped-up cloud towers were trundling across the heavens — Eugene Walter
b. : to ride in a wheeled vehicle : travel
called a taxi and trundled down to the offices — Dorothy Sayers
trundling off aboard a suburban bus — Bennett Cerf
c. : to move ponderously : churn , lumber
a battery had trundled into position … and was thoughtfully shelling the distance — Stephen Crane
3. : to move or go at a constant rate especially with a rolling gait
a moving bundle of brush, he trundled away into the thicket — Margaret Peattie