trundler
(ˈtrʌndlə(r))
[f. trundle v. + -er1.]
a. One who or that which trundles.
1648–60 Hexham Dutch Dict., Een Roller, a Roler, or a Trundler. 1879 Sala Paris herself again (1880) I. xviii. 326 A friendly trundler of a Bath-chair..came to my assistance. |
b. Cricket. A bowler. (See trundle v. 1 c.) colloq.
1871 [see snick v.2 2 b]. 1882 Daily Tel. 27 May, Each trundler sent up five overs for one single run. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 5/2 The two greatest Australian batsmen were seen playing the balls of England's two most famous trundlers. |