Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Something round or circular; a ball or hoop; a wheel (especially of a wheelbarrow), or the felly of a wheel.
- n. A taper made of a long string of wax rolled or wound into a coil.
- n. In bookbinding, one of several pieces of wood or generally metal, of this form which are put between the cords and boards to flatten the back and the fore edge of the book preparatory to cutting.
- To roll.
- To move with an easy, rolling gait; bowl; trundle; trot.
- To trundle; roll; bowl.
Wiktionary
- n. dialectal a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- v. dialectal to roll, trundle.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. See trundle.
Etymologies
- Middle English trindel ("roller, wheel"), from Old English tryndel ("circle, ring"), from Proto-Germanic *trundilaz (“ring, hoop”). Akin to Low German tründeln ("to roll"). More at trend. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I shall have to make an entirely new trindle-spring for it from scratch.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘trindle’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tabacosis, tabanid, tabaret, tabati?re, tabby, tabefaction, tabellary, tabellion, tabernacle, tabernacular, tabescent, tabific and 930 more...
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Wheel
lantern-wheel, trundle-wheel, trundlehead, worm wheel, cogwheel, match wheel, spur wheel, disk-wheel, star-wheel, canting-wheel, addendum circle, dedendum and 115 more...
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The Bindery
A list of bookbinding terms and phrases, for assembling new or repairing/reassembling old books.
perfect binding, animal glue, spine, textblock, polyvinyl acetate, double-fan adhesi..., board, backing, rounding, bone, book cloth, pasteboard and 270 more...
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VNCle
N stands for 'nasal', not 'n'
pimple, bungle, spindle, handle, amble, humble, simple, dimple, winkle, tinkle, single, dingle and 53 more...
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