rundled

adj

rundled

adj

Etymology From rundle + -ed.

1

Having rundles; runged.

  • But Aiax a farre greater ſtone, lift vp, and (vvreathing round, / VVith all his bodie layd to it) he ſent it forth to vvound, / And gaue vnmeaſur'd force to it; the round ſtone broke vvithin / His rundled target: […][1611?], Homer, “The Seventh Booke of Homers Iliads”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC, page 101:
  • We now come to another kind of ladder, namely, the rundled pole. In this ladder the rundles or steps are run completely through a single pole, instead of being fixed through two upright beams, and they project to an equal distance on each side.1767, The Popular Educator, page 369:

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