English Explanatory Dictionary

trendle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wheel, spindle, or other thing that rotates in a similar way, such as a trundle.

Word forms

trendle trendles

Etymology

From Middle English trendel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English trendel (“circle, ring”), a variant of Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), equivalent to trend + -le. Akin to Low German tründeln (“to roll”). More at trend, trindle.

Related words

trendle-tail
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