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Webster 1913 Edition
Rundle
1.
A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
Duppa.
2.
A ball.
[Obs.]
Holland.
3.
Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan.
“An axis or cylinder having a rundle about it.” Bp. Wilkins.
4.
(Mach.)
One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rundle
RUND'LE
,Noun.
1.
A round; a step of a ladder.2.
Something put round an axis; a peritrochium; as a cylinder with a rundle about it.Definition 2025
rundle
rundle
English
Noun
rundle (plural rundles)
- (obsolete) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung.
- Brian Duppa
- […] that mysterious ladder, whose foot being upon the earth, the top of it reached unto heaven, seen by Jacob in a vision, with angels ascending and descending on the rundles of it […]
- Brian Duppa
- (obsolete) A ball.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Something that rotates about an axis, such as a wheel or the drum of a capstan.
- Bishop Wilkins
- an axis or cylinder having a rundle about it
- Bishop Wilkins
- (engineering, obsolete) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.