DictionaryRoot: trochlea
Latin
trochlea
small wheel; pulley wheel
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verb
truckle
TRUK-ul/ˈtrʌkəl/
To submit to someone in an excessively obedient way.
Etymology
The small wheel gave its name to a wheeled bed stored beneath a larger one. Sleeping in that bed became an image of submission, perhaps because servants used it or because it occupied the lower position.