rundle

American  

[ruhn-dl] / ˈrʌn dl /

noun

1. a rung of a ladder.

2. a wheel or similar rotating object.

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rundle British  

/ ˈrʌndəl /

noun

1. a rung of a ladder

2. a wheel, esp of a wheelbarrow

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Etymology

Origin of rundle

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of roundel

Example Sentences

This rundle drum is turned by the toothed wheel of a lower axle, which is itself turned by a wheel whose buckets receive the impetus of water.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

"If we both live long enough, Doctor, you may see me on the topmost rundle, for I shall climb with unwearying effort."

From The Allen House by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

The wheel has sixty teeth, since it is necessary that the rundle drum should revolve twice while the toothed wheel revolves once.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

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 A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel