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trendle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tren-dle
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wheel, spindle, or other thing that rotates in a similar way, such as a trundle.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

  • "The shaft the wheele, the wheele the trendle turnes"

Etymology

From Middle English trendel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English trendel (“circle, ring”), a variant of 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, trindle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

trendles (plural)

Phrases

trendle-tail

Frequently Paired Words

trendle-tail

Questions

What does trendle mean?
A wheel, spindle, or other thing that rotates in a similar way, such as a trundle.
Where does trendle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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