rundle
rundle noun: a round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
Noun
rundle (plural rundles)
- A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
- […] that mysterious ladder, whose foot being upon the earth, the top of it reached unto heaven, seen by Jacob in a vision, with angels ascending and descending on the rundles of it […]1683, Brian Duppa, Holy Rules and Helps to Devotion
- for I have observed that Wisdom many times gives a check to Confidence , which is the Scale and Rundle by which many climb up to the Pinacle;1693, William De Britaine, Humane Prudence: Or, The Art by which a Man May Raise Himself and Fortune to Grandeur, page 224
- A circle.
- And although that in the partitions or spaces seuerally there be diuers seuerall figures, yet the principall accompt of numbering is that accompt of the pictures or rundles therein contained.1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes - Volume 3, page 1067
- The names of Nations and People, ( as likewise sometimes of cities and other places of note) we haue not incompassed in rundles as the rest, but in Compartiments, & different letters bectweene direct lines, that so they might be knowne from particular persons, & the Names next vnder them, are not...1633, John Speed, The Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, page 40
- A round object, a disk or ball.
- Others ascribe the cause thereof, to the thickenesse of clouds, which suddenly and after an hidden maner, overcast the rundle and plate of the Sunne.1603, Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philosopher Plutarch of Chæronea, page 824
- These I have described in the third Figure, adding the small Tooth, as in the fourth the hinder part of the Rundles of the second Figure, with the space in the middle Rundle, into which the small Tooth of the small Rundle is fastned.1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature
- Something that rotates about an axis, such as a wheel or the drum of a capstan.
- This is the Coat-armour of the worthy Gentleman Thomas Covell, one of the Captains of the City of London; here I tell not the colour of the Bezants, because every Rundle in Armory (of which sort these Bezants are) hat his proper colour and name in Blazon, as shall hereafter be more particularly...1664, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie, page 187
- That which is reckon'd for the fourth Faculty, is the Pulley: which is of such ordinary use, that it needs not any particular description. The chief parts of it are divers little rundles, that are movable about their proper axes.1680, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick, page 43
- Synonym of umbel.
- The Flowers hereof are purple, and grow in rundles about the Stalks, as the others do.1710, William Salmon, Botanologia: The English Herbal, page 845
- The Swallow-tail Butterfly feeds upon several of the Rundle-bearing plants of the fifth Class, which we know are endowed with similar qualities.1776, William Withering, A Botanical Arrangement Of All The Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain, page XIII
- Synonyms:
- umbel
- A cluster of leaves that radiate out from a central point, like the spokes of a wheel.
- The stalk is brownish and round at the bottom, and sometimes that from the middle upwards, three foot high or more, beset at certain distances with rundles or circles of many broad leaves, larger and broader for the most part than any other of this kinde, and of a dark green colour; It hath two or...1656, John Parkinson, Paradisi In Sole, page 31
- The Martagon Imperial hath, as all the Martagons have, a scaly pale yellow root; the stalk riseth a yard high, of a brownish colour, beset at certain distances with rundles of broad green leaves, and naked betwixt;1676, John Rea, Flora: Seu, De Florum Cultura, page 40
- One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
- He invented a pneumatic engine, and a peculiar instrument of use in gnomonics to solve this problem: known plane, in a known elevation, to describe such lines with the expedite turning of rundles to certain divisions, as by the shadow of the stile may shew the equal hours of the day.'1781, William Preston, Illustrations of Masonry, page 213
- A runnel.
- There be other Husbandmen in Champain Conntries, of feeding as in Leicestershiere, and such like that put their swine to pease reekes, or stackes set in the fields neer unto water furrows or rundles, so that they may let the water into the stack yard, and then morning and evening cut a cutting of...1648, G. M., Cheape and Good Husbandry, page 136
- There be some which take a great deal of delight and pleasure to Snickle or halter the Pike, which is good when Pikes are broke out of Ponds or Rivers, and come into small Ditches or Rundles, as is oft to be seen in low-Countries.1683, Gervase Markham, A Way to get Wealth
Proper noun capitalized: Rundle
Rundle (plural Rundles)
- A surname.
- “We are alleging these various payments blatantly violated Florida election laws,” Fernandez Rundle said. “These payments were intended to influence the outcome of the election.”2021 March 18, Scott Glover, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, “Former Florida state senator charged in spoiler candidate scheme”, in CNN
rundle meaning in Tamil
rundle in Tamil
- ஏணிப்படிக்கம்பு
Examples of rundle in a sentence
- A fesse wavy between three stone fountains, impaling three rundles, each charged with a fret; the crest, a stone fountain, and this inscription.1769, John Thorpe, Registrum Roffense, page 780:
- The Second Part of it is a moveable Rundle, the Circle whereeof is fixed to the Center of the Circle of Hours, that so you may turn it round, as occasion requires.1731, The Use of the Mathematical Instrument Called the Quadrant:
- The chief are divers little rundles, which are moveable about their proper axes: these are usually divided according to their several situations, into the upper and lower.1788, Thomas Skaife, A key to civil architecture, page 16:
- If you pursue one of these rundles or umbels, you will find that each stick or spoke terminates in another set of smaller stalks, each of which bears a single small flower.1794, Evenings at Home; or, the juvenile budget opened, page 73:
Synonyms of rundle
Forms of rundle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rundles |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rundles |
Origin of rundle
From round. Compare rondle, roundel.
Words formed from rundle
Questions about rundle
- What does rundle mean?
- Rundle means a round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
- What is rundle in Tamil?
- Rundle in Tamil is ஏணிப்படிக்கம்பு. See Rundle meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use rundle in a sentence?
- A fesse wavy between three stone fountains, impaling three rundles, each charged with a fret; the crest, a stone fountain, and this inscription.
- What part of speech is rundle?
- Rundle can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of rundle?
- The plural of rundle is rundles.
Words near rundle in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rundle (page history and authors); Rundle (page history and authors); rundle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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