\Run"dle\, n. [E. round. Cf. {Rondle}.] 1. A round; a step of a ladder; a rung. --Duppa. 2. A ball. [Obs.] --Holland. 3. Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan. ``An axis or cylinder having a rundle about it.'' --Bp. Wilkins. 4. (Mach.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.