trunnel
/ˈtɹʌn.əl/
trunnel is the alternative form of treenail.
trunnel is the alternative form of trundle.
Meaning of treenail
Noun
treenail (plural treenails)
Meaning of trundle
Noun
trundle (plural trundles)
- A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things.
- […] you may […] place the whole weighty Clod upon a Trundle to be convey’d, and Replanted where you please,1670, John Evelyn, chapter 3, in Sylva, or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, London, page 21
- A small wheel or roller.
- A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
- There was something expert and even vicious in the flick of Paul’s arm and the hard momentary trundle of the [cricket] ball along the curving rails.2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child, New York: Knopf, Part 3, Chapter 6, p. 276
- The sound made by an object being moved on wheels.
- […] an old man who could always be located from far away by the sound of a scythe or the trundle of a wheelbarrow.1943, Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear, London: Heinemann, Book 2, Chapter 1, section 5, p. 143
- A lantern wheel, or one of its bars.
- The Cog-wheels in most Wind-Mills are (in the diameter) 8. foot or under […] the trundle is at the least two foot, which is 4. to one.1651, Cressy Dymock, An Invention of Engines in Motion, London: Richard Woodnoth, page 5
- A spool or skein of golden thread (chiefly in the arms of the Embroiderers Company, now the Company of Broderers).
- between as many Trundles, Or […]1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 14
Forms of trunnel
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Words that rhyme with trunnel
Questions about trunnel
- What is trunnel the alternative form of?
- Trunnel is the alternative form of treenail.
- How do you pronounce trunnel?
- Trunnel is pronounced /ˈtɹʌn.əl/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trunnel (page history and authors); treenail (page history and authors); trundle (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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