What does the word truckle mean?

Usage examples for truckle

  1. Landing at Scutari, Mrs. Wilders went straight to the great palace, which was now a hospital, and treading its long passages with the facility of one who had travelled the road before, she presently found herself in a spacious, lofty chamber filled with truckle- beds, and converted now into a hospital- ward. – The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths
  2. This tiny apartment had in it two truckle- beds, and a wash- bowl on a chair, and little else. – Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett