rundle
Americannoun
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a rung of a ladder.
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a wheel or similar rotating object.
noun
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a rung of a ladder
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a wheel, esp of a wheelbarrow
Etymology
Origin of rundle
1275–1325; Middle English; variant of roundel
Example Sentences
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I am very, very bad at Learned League, consistently finishing seasons in the bottom quarter of my rundle.
From New York Times
These teeth turn a second horizontal axle by means of a drum composed of twelve rundles, each three feet long and six digits wide and thick.
From Project Gutenberg
In like manner, from throw and roll is made troll, and almost in the same sense is trundle, from throw or thrust, and rundle.
From Project Gutenberg
"If we both live long enough, Doctor, you may see me on the topmost rundle, for I shall climb with unwearying effort."
From Project Gutenberg
R—Its drum which is made of rundles.
From Project Gutenberg
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