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treadle

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noun

trea·​dle ˈtre-dᵊl How to pronounce treadle (audio)
: a swiveling or lever device pressed by the foot to drive a machine

treadle

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verb

treadled; treadling ˈtred-liŋ How to pronounce treadle (audio)
ˈtre-dᵊl-iŋ

intransitive verb

: to operate a treadle

transitive verb

: to operate (a machine) by a treadle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
During the Civil War, a treadle machine, as well as hand sewing, provided the extensive wardrobe needed by the soldiers. Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2019 His only machinery was a buffing machine and a sewing table with a treadle. Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019 The treadle model #15 is now nearing antique status, being made from 1895 to 1995. Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2019 Tenzi started giving sewing lessons last year, teaching the class using old-fashioned treadle machines because City of Hope wasn’t on the electrical grid. Shay Maunz, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2019 Tetrev’s father helped build out the space, which features a treadle-type pottery wheel in the window of the storefront. Caitlin Mullen, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2018 British dentists in the 1970s, when power outages were a regular occurrence, might have kept an old treadle drill in the cupboard to add fillings without using electricity. Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 7 June 2018 Stoppelman explained that individual warp threads, which make up the longitudinal pattern in woven cloth, are put on a roller and then threaded individually through wire heddles, which are attached to a shaft and then to a foot treadle. Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 22 Mar. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English tredel step of a stair, from Old English, from tredan

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1891, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of treadle was in the 15th century

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