Rundle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rundle \Run"dle\, n. [E. round. Cf. {Rondle}.]
     1. A round; a step of a ladder; a rung. --Duppa.
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     2. A ball. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     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.
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     4. (Mach.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rundle
       n : one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn:
            {spoke}, {rung}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "rundle":
     adolescent stream, arroyo, beck, bourn, braided stream, branch,
     brook, brooklet, burn, carousel, channel, creek, crick, disk,
     doorstep, flowing stream, fluviation, footrest, footstep, fresh,
     freshet, gill, kill, lazy stream, meandering stream,
     merry-go-round, midchannel, midstream, millstream, moving road,
     navigable river, race, racing stream, rest, riser, river, rivulet,
     roller, rolling stone, rotator, rotor, round, roundabout, run,
     rung, runlet, runnel, scale, sike, spill stream, spoke, stair,
     stave, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stream, stream action,
     streamlet, string, subterranean river, top, tread, wadi,
     watercourse, waterway, wheel, whirlabout, whirler, whirligig