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truckle

truckle

9.9
A low bed on wheels stored under a higher bed for extra sleeping space
  • noun
  • /ˈtrʌkəl/
  • Archaic
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  • The truckle can easily be moved and stored when not in use.

Examples

  • I found myself looking down on those warriors as men who were possessed of the Beamtenpsychologie—bark at your inferiors and truckle to your superiors.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • There would be a number of little truckle beds, they were called.

  • I'll to my truckle-bed.

    Romeo + Juliet (1996)

  • Ingratiate, truckle, fawn—and at least they'll bear you no malice.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • He pulled out the truckle from under the larger bed for his guest to sleep on.

  • The children were excited to sleep in their new truckle beds during the sleepover.

Synonyms

trundle
vstruckle
4 8.3

A low bed on wheels that pulls out from under another bed

is the same meaning but is the shorter informal label rather than full phrase
trundle bed
vstruckle
2 4.9

A low bed on wheels that you pull out from under another bed

is the same meaning but commonly written in a different single word form
rollaway
vstruckle
  • US
2 3.7

A folding bed on wheels that you fold and store

is stored under a higher bed, not folded for storage
truckle bed
vstruckle
  • Archaic
9.6

A low bed on wheels that you pull out from under another bed

is the same meaning but uses the compound phrase form

Compounds

truckle bed
  • Archaic
9.6

A low bed on wheels that you pull out from under another bed

How Compact

Murphy bed
  • US
1 4.8
truckle
  • Archaic
9.9
sofa bed
5 2.6
bed
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

truckle singular
truckles plural

Etymology

Truckle for a low bed on wheels comes from an old word meaning 'wheel' or 'pulley' and is like the words truck and trundle, so a truckle is a small bed that rolls out and tucks away under a larger bed.