trindle

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English trindel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), equivalent to trend +‎ -le. Akin to Low German tründeln (“to roll”). More at trend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪndl/ === Noun === trindle (plural trindles) (dialectal) A wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow. A piece of wood, etc., laid between the cords and boards of a book to flatten before cutting. === Verb === trindle (third-person singular simple present trindles, present participle trindling, simple past and past participle trindled) (ambitransitive, dialectal) to roll, trundle. ==== Related terms ==== trendle trindle-tail trundle trend === Anagrams === tendril