Trun"dle-bed` (?), n. A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little
wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed;
also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. Chapman.
Trun"dle*head` (?), n. 1. (Gearing) One of the disks forming the ends
of a lantern wheel or pinion.
2. The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of
two capstans on the sane axis.
Trun"dle*tail` (?), n. A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such
a tail. Shak.
Trunk (?), n. [F. tronc, L. truncus, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated;
perhaps akin to torquere to twist wrench, and E. torture. Trunk in the
sense of proboscis is fr. F. trompe (the same word as trompe a
trumpet), but has been confused in English with trunk the stem of a
tree (see Trump a trumpet). Cf. Truncate.] 1. The stem, or body, of a
tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the
branches; stock; stalk.
About the mossy trunk I wound me soon, For, high from ground, the
branches would require Thy utmost reach.
Milton.