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What (who) is truckle - definition
WHEEL OF CHEESE
Cheese wheel
truckle
truckle1
¦ noun a small barrel-shaped cheese, especially Cheddar.
Origin
ME (denoting a wheel or pulley): from Anglo-Norman Fr. trocle, from L. trochlea 'sheaf of a pulley'.
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truckle2
¦ verb (usu. truckle to) submit or behave obsequiously.
Derivatives
truckler noun
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'sleep in a truckle bed'): from truckle bed.
truckle
I. v. a.
Trundle, roll.
II. v. n.
Cringe, stoop, crouch, submit, knuckle, yield (obsequiously), bend the knee, knock under, be servile, bend obsequiously, fawn upon, curry favor with.
Wikipedia
Truckle
A truckle of cheese is a cylindrical wheel of cheese, usually taller than it is wide, and sometimes described as barrel-shaped. The word is derived from the Latin trochlea, 'wheel, pulley'. Truckles vary greatly in size, from the wax-coated cheeses sold in supermarkets, to 25-kilogram or larger artisanal cheeses.
Examples of use of truckle
1. And it is at this point our star cheese was born in that familiar barrelled truckle shape.
2. The influential New York Times compared the programme to a website called cheddarvision.tv, where a webcam is focused on a truckle of West Country cheddar round–the–clock so cheese fans can watch the mould grow.
3. The prince, it seems, was so taken with what he saw that he insisted on sleeping in a simple village house refurbished by the Trust – complete with a wooden truckle bed and outside toilet – and drinking locally–pressed organic apple juice.