Trindled

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Rolled or trundled along, moving steadily over the ground in the manner of a wheel or a heavy cart
2. Moved forward by rolling, as a barrel or wheel would travel down a slope or across a rough road
3. Made to roll onward in a turning motion, the way a cart or hoop might travel in old Scottish speech

Etymology: "Trindled" is the past tense of "trindle," a verb meaning to roll or move along on a wheel or circle. Its roots run back to Old English "tryndel," meaning "circle, ring," which came from a Proto-West Germanic form "*trundil," meaning "ring, hoop." The word is tied to "trend," the verb meaning to turn or roll, and the "-le" ending is a common suffix that turns the root into a repeated or continuing action, so a trindle is something that keeps rolling round. Medieval English used "trindel" for a wheel or roller, and the word kept that concrete sense of something spinning or turning over and over. Its close relative in Low German, "tründeln," still means "to roll," showing that the idea of rolling along a round path has stayed attached to this family of words across centuries and languages.

Synonyms: trundled, rolled