TRUCKLES

Noun

truckles

plural of truckle

Source: Wiktionary

TRUCKLE

Truc"kle, n. Etym: [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See Truck a wheel.]

Definition: A small wheel or caster. Hudibras.

Truc"kle, v. i. Etym: [From truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]

Definition: To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. "Small, trucking states." Burke. Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. Norris.

Truc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.]

Definition: To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition