trindle

English

Etymology

From Middle English trindel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), from Proto-Germanic *trundilaz (“ring, hoop”), equivalent to trend +‎ -le. Akin to Low German tründeln (“to roll”). More at trend.

Noun

trindle (plural trindles)

1. (dialectal) 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

trindle (third-person singular simple present trindles, present participle trindling, simple past and past participle trindled)

1. (transitive, intransitive, dialectal) to roll, trundle.

Related terms

• trendle
• trundle
• trend

Anagrams

• tendril