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Webster 1913 Edition

Truckle

Truc′kle

,
Noun.
[Dim. of
truck
a wheel; or from the kindred L.
trochlea
a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See
Truck
a wheel.]
A small wheel or caster.
Hudibras.

Truc′kle

,
Verb.
I.
[From
truckle
in
truckle-bed
, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
“Small, trucking states.”
Burke.
Religion itself is forced to
truckle
to worldly poliey.
Norris.

Truc′kle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Truckled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Truckling
.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Truckle

TRUCK'LE

,
Noun.
A small wheel or caster.

TRUCK'LE

,
Verb.
I.
[dim. of truck.] To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. Small states must truckle to large ones.
Religion itself is forced to truckle with worldly policy.

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