trundle

Definition

Ellipsis of trundle bed (“a low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed”).

Etymology

From Middle English trondlin, trondelen, a variation of Middle English trendlen, from Old English trendlian. More at trendle, trindle.

Example Sentences

• ""When he comes back will be turned out." "But I always knew it was a one-year job." "Oh you don't mind being like a rented article from Hertz's, like a trundle bed or a baby's potty?""
• "[…] you may […] place the whole weighty Clod upon a Trundle to be convey’d, and Replanted where you please,"
• "[…] in case the Tree be very great […] you must then have a Gin or Crane, such a one as they have to Load Timber with; and by that you may weigh it out of its place, and place the whole upon a Trundle or Sledge, to convey it to the place you desire; and by the afore-said Engine you may take it off from the Trundle, and set it in its hole at your pleasure."