truckle bed

English

Etymology

truckle +‎ bed

Noun

truckle bed (plural truckle beds)

1. A trundle bed.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene i

     Romeo, good night: I'll to my truckle-bed; This field-bed is too cold for me to sleep:

Alternative forms

• truckle-bed

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967