English Explanatory Dictionary

trindle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
  2. A piece of wood, etc., laid between the cords and boards of a book to flatten before cutting.
verb
  1. to roll, trundle.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɪndl/

Word forms

trindle trindles trindling trindled

Etymology

From Middle English trindel (“wheel, roller”), from 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.

Related words

trendle trindle-tail trundle trend
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