trunnel

American  

[truhn-l] / ˈtrʌn l /

noun

1. treenail.

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trunnel British  

/ ˈtrʌnəl /

noun

1. a variant spelling of treenail

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Etymology

Origin of trunnel

Variant of treenail, perhaps by association with trundle

Example Sentences

Sometime dey hide unner de bed, 'hind de trunnel bed.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

I slept in a little trunnel bed under my mother's mistress' bed.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

She kiss yo' nose, She kiss yo' toes, An' den tu'n out de lamp, Den hit's creep into yo' trunnel baid, You sleepy little scamp.

From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean

Into each of these we graved a piece of plank, and in one of them we drove a trunnel where none had been before.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert