# truckle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹʌkəl/

## Definitions
1. A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
2. A small wheel of cheese.
3. Ellipsis of truckle bed.

## Etymology
From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/truckle