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One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
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rundle
Alternative clues for the word rundle
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Rundle family name is a prominent one in many parts of southwest England , particularly Cornwall . Notable people with the surname include: , English football player David Rundle , South African cricketer John Rundle , British politician John Charles ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A round; a step of a ladder; a rung. 2 (context obsolete English) A ball. 3 (context obsolete English) Something that rotates about an axis, such as a wheel or the drum of a capstan. 4 (context engineering obsolete English) ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn: spoke , rung ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rundle \Run"dle\, n. [E. round. Cf. Rondle .] A round; a step of a ladder; a rung. --Duppa. A ball. [Obs.] --Holland. Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan. ``An axis or cylinder having a rundle about it.'' ...
Usage examples of rundle.
In the south-east Rundle and Brabant were slowly advancing, while the Boers who faced them fell back towards Lindley.
During the week I was accorded a welcome home in the old Academy of Music, Rundle street, where I listened with embarrassment to the avalanche of eulogium that overwhelmed me.
Moving up through Trommel and Clocolan, Ficksburg was occupied on May 25th by the Colonial Division, while Rundle seized Senekal, forty miles to the north-west.
Pole-Carew sallied out from Bloemfontein on a line which would take him round the right flank of the Boers who were facing Rundle.
At Rouxville he hesitated as to whether he should snap up the small garrison, but the commandant, Rundle, showed a bold face, and De Wet passed on to the Coomassie Bridge over the Caledon.
Three British forces, those of French, Rundle, and Ian Hamilton, were despatched to cut it off.
Rundle, following them up from Senekal, found them in strong possession of the kopjes at Biddulphsberg, and received a check in his endeavour to drive them off.
After, giving hurried directions to Rundles, the landlord of the Royal Sovereign, Fleetwood took the reins, and all three gentlemen touched hats to the curtseying figure of Mrs.
A grinning Rundle waved his own light at the mass, forcing them to huddle together even tighter.