truckle
11truckle — I. /ˈtrʌkəl / (say trukuhl) phrase (truckled, truckling) truckle to, to submit to or yield to obsequiously or tamely. {special use of obsolete truckle (verb) sleep on truckle bed} –truckler, noun II. /ˈtrʌkəl / (say trukuhl) noun 1. → pulley. 2.… …
12truckle — [15] A truckle is a ‘small wooden wheel or caster’. The word was originally used for a ‘pulley’ (an application which has now largely died out), and it was borrowed from Anglo Norman trocle. This in turn came via Latin trochlea ‘system of… …
13truckle — truckle1 noun a small barrel shaped cheese, especially Cheddar. Origin ME (denoting a wheel or pulley): from Anglo Norman Fr. trocle, from L. trochlea sheaf of a pulley . truckle2 verb (usu. truckle to) submit or behave obsequiously. Derivatives… …
14truckle — truck•le [[t]ˈtrʌk əl[/t]] v. i. led, ling to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usu. fol. by to) • Etymology: 1660–70; figurative use of obs. truckle to sleep on a truckle bed. See truckle truck′ler, n …
15truckle — [15] A truckle is a ‘small wooden wheel or caster’. The word was originally used for a ‘pulley’ (an application which has now largely died out), and it was borrowed from Anglo Norman trocle. This in turn came via Latin trochlea ‘system of… …
16truckle — intransitive verb (truckled; truckling) Etymology: from the lower position of the truckle bed Date: 1647 to act in a subservient manner ; submit Synonyms: see fawn • truckler noun …
17truckle to — submit or behave obsequiously. → truckle …
18truckle — verb truckle to sb/sth phrasal verb (T) old fashioned to do what someone tells you in a way that seems weak …
19truckle — n. & v. n. 1 (in full truckle bed) a low bed on wheels that can be stored under a larger bed. 2 orig. dial. a small barrel shaped cheese. v.intr. (foll. by to) submit obsequiously. Derivatives: truckler n. Etymology: orig. = wheel, pulley, f. AF… …
20Truckle-bed — Truc kle bed , n. A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle bed. His standing bed and truckle bed. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
