noun
trundle
A low bed stored beneath another bed.
The child slept on the trundle beneath the larger bed.
Etymology
Trundle is shortened from trundle bed. The original name refers to the small wheels that allow the low bed to roll beneath another.
More examples
- They pulled the trundle out for the guest.
- A thin mattress fitted the low trundle.
- The room had a twin bed with a trundle.
Forms
trundle · trundles
Similar words
- cot
- A cot is a small portable bed; a trundle is stored beneath another bed.
- daybed
- A daybed doubles as seating; it may contain a trundle, but need not.