truckle

/ˈtɹʌkəl/

truckle

English Noun
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Definition

A small wheel; a caster or pulley.

Etymology

From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.

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