What does "truckle" mean?
Truckle: A small wheel or caster. Hudibras.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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