See Also: trendle(dictionary)

trendle (iou)



trendle noun & verb. obsolete exc. dial.
[Old English trendel = Middle Low German trendel round disc, Middle High German trendel ball, circle, from Germanic: see -LE1. Cf. TREND, TRINDLE, TRUNDLE noun, verb.]
A. noun.
A circle, a ring, a coronet; a circular disc; a ball, a globe. OE-LME.
A wheel; spec. (a) the wheel of a wheelbarrow; (b) a lantern-wheel. ME.
Any of various round or rounded objects; spec. (dial.) a rounded tray, shallow tub, or trough. ME.
A suspended hoop or wheel in a church, on which tapers were fixed to form a chandelier. LME-E16.
A bundle of partly cleaned wool wound up in preparation for spinning. Cf. TREND verb 2b. dial. E19.
B. verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) roll or revolve. ME-L16.