trundling

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A form of trundle — A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things.

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Meanings

nountrundling (plural trundlings)

plural trundlings

  1. gerundgerund of trundle: the motion of something that trundles.

    [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.

    1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XVI. First Night of Their Arrival in the City.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section I, pages 312–313
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trundle

Origin

From trundle + -ing.

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APA

trundling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trundling

MLA

“trundling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trundling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trundling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trundling.

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