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Definition of truckle bed in English: truckle bednoun British A low bed on wheels that can be stored under a larger bed. Example sentencesExamples - Essential for sleepovers, the truckle bed simply pulls out ready-for-use when friends come to stay.
- I slept on a truckle bed, sharing a room with two brothers in their thirties.
- There he settled him back down onto the truckle bed and felt his brow and pulse.
- Tours are offered (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) of his modest house, where he slept in a truckle bed and practised in an interior of monastic restraint.
Origin Late Middle English: from truckle1 in the sense 'wheel' + bed. Definition of truckle bed in US English: truckle bednounˈtrəkəl bed British A trundle bed. Example sentencesExamples - There he settled him back down onto the truckle bed and felt his brow and pulse.
- Essential for sleepovers, the truckle bed simply pulls out ready-for-use when friends come to stay.
- Tours are offered (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) of his modest house, where he slept in a truckle bed and practised in an interior of monastic restraint.
- I slept on a truckle bed, sharing a room with two brothers in their thirties.
Origin Late Middle English: from truckle in the sense ‘wheel’ + bed. |