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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1649-1653
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Trinnell-bed, Trundle-bed, n. [e.m.E. trendyll bed (1542), trindle bed (1560), trundell bed (1564); Trinnell n. and Bed n.] A bed on wheels or castors, a truckle-bed. — 1649 Edinburgh Testaments LXIV 234b.
Twa fir beds … ane trinnell bed 1653 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXIII 304.
In my lords chamber. … two bedsteeds with a trundle-bed
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