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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trochlea \Troch"le*a\, n. [L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr. ?. See Trochilics.] 1. (Mach.) A pulley. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes. [1913 Webster]