English
Etymology 1
Diminutive of truck a wheel or from the kindred Latin trochlea "a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys"
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Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�k�l|-�k�l
Noun
truckle
- a small wheel; a caster
Etymology 2
From truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.
Intransitive verb
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truckle
- to act in a submissive manner; to submit to a superior
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