n. [ Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See Truck a wheel. ] A small wheel or caster. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ From truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master. ] To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. “Small, trucking states.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. “His standing bed and truckle-bed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another. [ 1913 Webster ]