trundling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From trundle +‎ -ing.

Noun[edit]

trundling (plural trundlings)

  1. gerund of trundle: the motion of something that trundles.
    • 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XVI. First Night of Their Arrival in the City.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, [], →OCLC, section I, pages 312–313:
      [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.

Verb[edit]

trundling

  1. present participle and gerund of trundle