单词 | truckle |
释义 | trucklen. 1. A small wheel with a groove in its circumference round which a cord passes; a pulley, a sheave. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley winchc1050 sheave1336 pulley1357 trice1357 truckle1417 shiver1485 trace-wheel1519 truckle-wheel1533 pullace1545 pullishee1635 wince1688 trispast1706 block-pulley1864 1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) D/2 j apparaille ix pullifs vj Trokles. 1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) G/1 Eiusdem Nauis j apparatu ix Pullifs vj Trocles j securi. 14.. MS. Digby 233 lf. 221/2 Þanne drawe þei & wyndeþ vp þe lasse toure with ropes & trokelus. 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Artemon, a troukle wherby ropes dooe runne. It maye also be taken for any instrument that hath troucles. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 7v With what Cranes, winding beames, Trocles, round pullies, Capres. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xvi. 132 A Truckle for a Pully. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xx. 103 A truckle for a pully. 1904 A. Thomson Reminisc. II. v. 135 They hoisted him and then let the truckle go with a run. 2. A small roller or wheel placed under or attached to a heavy object to facilitate moving it; a castor on a piece of furniture. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > of specific type or position cartwheelc1386 truckle1459 trundle1564 clog-wheel1575 trindle1594 coach-wheel1647 roulette1659 roller1763 horizontal wheel1794 castora1800 castor-wheel1805 artillery wheel1834 training wheel1848 trailing wheel1850 spider-wheel1868 front wheel1878 trailer1884 trendle1887 wire wheel1907 square wheels1924 jockey-wheel1952 1459 Stat. Magd. Coll. Oxf. xlv Sint duo lecti principales, et duo lecti rotales, Trookyll beddys vulgariter nuncupati. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxix. f. 244v This house may be remoued with trocles, & slyddis. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 351 Thou which canst not goe alone, maist be allowed to goe by truckles, or as thou art led by anothers hand. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ix. 14 He shewed them a great round chair very ancient, which had truckles under it to move withall. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Truckle, a little running Wheel. 1837 Penny Mag. 6 338 [A wooden horse] placed on a stand made moveable by truckles. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Truckle,..2. A caster... ‘The very chairs 'ad a-got truckles to 'em’. 3. Short for truckle-bed n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > truckle-bed truckle-bed1459 tirl-bed1487 trundle-bed1542 wheel-bed1556 trundle bedstead1590 truckle1637 truckle bedstead1895 rollaway1958 1637 T. Heywood Royall King iii. vii A close roome, with a standing bed in 't, and a truckle too. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 70 With knocking lowd and bauling, He rows'd the Squire, in Truckle lolling. 1707 M. Prior Satire upon Poets 76 No Friend..but trusting Landlady, Who stows you on hard Truckle, Garret high. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. ix. 249 His..attendant..deposited himself in his truckle. a1866 W. Anderson Rhymes (1867) 143 A wee truckle filled wi' fusionless strae. 4. A low-wheeled car; a truck. Chiefly in Irish use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > low trundle1664 truckle1689 truckle-car1748 gambo1836 wynn1863 1689 Irish Procl. 14 Sept. [Not] to..meddle with any of their horses, carts, truckels, or other their tacklings. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xii. 111 I no sooner unloaded, but down went I again with my Cart, or Truckle rather, to the Lake, and brought from thence on it my other Chest. 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 240 Our waggons and truckles to transport the baggage and canoes. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Truckle, a small car, in common use before the introduction of the present farm-carts. 5. A small barrel-shaped cheese. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > a cheese cheeseeOE kebbuck1493 brickbat cheese1758 truckle1813 truckle-cheese1813 brick cheese1837 wheel1977 1813 [see truckle-cheese n. at Compounds]. 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 ii. 705 Besides these cheeses, some small ones are made, called ‘truckles’. 1891 Catal. Oxf. Agric. Show 45 The best lot of Cheese not less than ½ cwt. (Truckles excepted). 1901 Scotsman 9 Oct. 10/2 For cheddar truckles. Compounds General attributive. See also truckle-bed n. truckle-car n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > low trundle1664 truckle1689 truckle-car1748 gambo1836 wynn1863 1748 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 491 Truckle-car (what they [Irish] make use of for carrying goods) drawn by one horse and the wheels not three foot high. truckle-cheese n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > a cheese cheeseeOE kebbuck1493 brickbat cheese1758 truckle1813 truckle-cheese1813 brick cheese1837 wheel1977 1813 in H. Ellis Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (rev. ed.) I. 55 A piece of Truckle Cheese. 1891 Catal. Oxf. Agric. Show 45 The best lot of 3 Loaf or other Truckle Cheese (not Stilton). truckle-wheel n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley winchc1050 sheave1336 pulley1357 trice1357 truckle1417 shiver1485 trace-wheel1519 truckle-wheel1533 pullace1545 pullishee1635 wince1688 trispast1706 block-pulley1864 1533 Lett. & Papers Hen. VIII VI. 503 4 carpenters..making of truckill whelis. 1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2253 Near the one End..let a little Truckle-wheel..be fastened to the Rular by a Pin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). trucklev.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > in a specific place trucklea1625 trundlec1626 doss1785 sleep1827 to plank it1829 sleep1912 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe i. vi, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn2v/2 I'le truckle heere Boy, give me another pillow. 1655 R. Boreman Mirrovr Mercy & Iudgem. 21 Who had the custody of him at the house of master Foster, Keeper of the Prison, and truckled under him every night. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 399 [St. Paul's] having a large Church..truckling, as one may say, under her Chancel. 1658 E. Phillips Garden of Tulips 50 in Myst. Love & Eloquence The Knight keeps to his Lady in the high bed, and never truckles. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 21 Such a kind of somewhatkin, as truckles beneath the very tinyness of an half nothing. 2. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] hearc893 understand?a1200 subservec1443 subjectc1475 acquiesce1660 truck1665 truckle1667 to be at the beck and call of1869 1667 S. Pepys Diary 2 Sept. (1974) VIII. 414 He will never..truckle under anybody or any faction, but do just as his own reason and judgment directs. 1671 A. Marvell Let. 9 Aug. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 325 We truckle to France in all Things, to the Prejudice of our..Honour. 1681 J. Evelyn Let. to Pepys 5 Dec. in Mem. (1819) II. 216 Unlesse it be, that we designe to truckle under France. a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 92 Publick good is made to truckle to private gain. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 66 Where Sense imperious bears the Sway, Reason must truckle and obey. b. To submit from an unworthy motive; to yield meanly or obsequiously; to act with servility. Const. down, to a person, for an object. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] fawnc1325 crouch1528 jouk1573 crawl1576 creep1581 spaniel1599 grovel1605 spanielize1641 cringec1660 to lick the ground1667 truckle1680 to kiss (a person's) arse, behind, bum1705 toad-eat1766 snool1786 to eat (any one's) toads1788 kowtow1826 sidle1828 toady1861 to knock head1876 ass-lick1937 1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 285 His sordid spirit truckles and crouches. 1715 Earl of Halifax Poems Several Occasions 13 in Wks. & Life Earl of Halifax Those that meanly truckle to your Power. 1789 S. Parr Tracts Warburton 184 He was..too proud to truckle to a Superior. 1809 S. Parr Char. Charles James Fox I. 290 Ambition..which..truckles for office by the barter of principle. 1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. ix These nobles..were the first to truckle down to him when he came to assert..his right. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiv. 223 The short years which might have been his, had he..denied his faith and truckled to the time. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter i Doubtful people of all sorts and conditions begging and truckling for your notice. c. To submit or give way timidly; in quot. 1841, to quail, cower, be daunted. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > be cowardly or show signs of cowardice [verb (intransitive)] > yield in a cowardly manner recray1340 truckle1827 1827 T. Hood Jack Hall in Whims & Oddities 2nd Ser. 102 To my commands The strongest truckles. 1837 T. Campbell Song of Hybrias i With these I make..all around me truckle. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxiii. 68 Hugh truckled before the hidden meaning of these words. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage > terrify into submission truckle1687 to put (occasionally rub) the fear of God into1890 society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)] > cause to submit truckle1687 1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 9 They..compell men to truckle their tender Consciences to the Grandure and Dominion of their Doctors. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > roll along > on castors or wheels truckle1656 trundle1688 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > cause to roll along > roll on wheels or castors trill1408 truckle1796 1656 [implied in: R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 130 The elf dares peep abroad, the pretty foole Can wag without a truckling standing-stoole. (at truckling adj.)]. 1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. xiii. 249 Tables with two legs, and chairs without bottoms, were truckled from the middle to one end of the room. 5. intransitive. To traffic, deal. = truck v.1 5, 5b Const. with. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade illegally or immorally [verb (intransitive)] truck1615 to buy and sell1623 truckle1806 the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with bargainc1375 deal1393 entreata1400 entreaty1523 practise1538 trade1553 transact1584 temporize1587 relate1631 tryst1637 truckle1909 1806 R. Fellowes tr. J. Milton Second Def. in C. Symmons Prose Wks. John Milton VI. 440 Those money-changers..do not merely truckle with doves but with the dove itself, with the Spirit of the Most High. 1909 Q. Rev. July 284 He declined to truckle with any practices tending, as he thought, towards Rome. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1417v.a1625 |
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