Trindle

//ˈtɹɪndl// noun, verb

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Definitions

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

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.

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