truckle

[ truhk-uhl ]
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noun
  1. a pulley.

verb (used without object),truck·led, truck·ling.
  1. to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.

Origin of truckle

1
First recorded in 1375–1425 for def. 2; def. 1 was first recorded in 1630–40; def. 3 in 1665–75; late Middle English noun trocle, trokel “sheave, roller,” from Anglo-French, from Latin trochlea; the verb is a special use of obsolete truckle “to sleep on a truckle bed” (because such beds were stored underneath a standard bed); see origin at trochlea

Other words for truckle

Other words from truckle

  • truckler, noun
  • truck·ling·ly, adverb
  • un·truck·led, adjective
  • un·truck·ling, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for truckle (1 of 2)

truckle1

/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /


verb
  1. (intr usually foll by to) to yield weakly; give in

Origin of truckle

1
C17: from obsolete truckle to sleep in a truckle bed; see truckle ²

Derived forms of truckle

  • truckler, noun

British Dictionary definitions for truckle (2 of 2)

truckle2

/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /


noun
  1. a small wheel; caster

  2. a small barrel-shaped cheese

verb
  1. (intr) to roll on truckles

  2. (tr) to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles

Origin of truckle

2
C15 trokel, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Latin trochlea sheaf of a pulley; see trochlea

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