trindle
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
trindle (plural trindles)
- (dialectal) a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- A piece of wood, etc., laid between the cords and boards of a book to flatten before cutting.
Verb edit
trindle (third-person singular simple present trindles, present participle trindling, simple past and past participle trindled)
- (transitive, intransitive, dialectal) to roll, trundle.