truckle /trukˈl/ noun- A pulley-wheel
- A castor (obsolete)
- A truckle bed
- A barrel-shaped cheese
transitive verb To move on rollers intransitive verb- To sleep in a truckle bed
- To behave with servility (usu with to)
ORIGIN: Gr trochileiā, -liā, etc a pulley, from trochos a wheel truckˈler noun truckˈling noun and adjective truckle bed noun A low bed that may be wheeled under another |