Definition of Treadle

1. Noun. A lever that is operated with the foot.


2. Verb. Tread over. "The brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"
Generic synonyms: Trample, Tread

3. Verb. Operate (machinery) by a treadle.
Generic synonyms: Control, Operate

Definition of Treadle

1. n. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

Definition of Treadle

1. Noun. A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates circular motion. ¹

2. Verb. To use a ''treadle''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Treadle

1. to work a foot lever [v -LED, -LING, -LES]

Medical Definition of Treadle

1. 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot. 2. The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. Origin: OE. Tredyl a step, AS. Tredel. See Tread. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Treadle

tread-wheel
tread down
tread lightly
tread on
tread water
treadboard
treadboards
treaded
treaded water
treader
treaders
treadeth
treading
treading water
treadings
treadle (current term)
treadled
treadler
treadlers
treadles
treadless
treadling
treadmill
treadmill test
treadmiller
treadmillers
treadmilling
treadmills
treadplate
treadplates

Literary usage of Treadle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1889)
"I there is no solid fixed or rigid fulcrum or bearing; that no amount of pressure will bring the treadle to a solid bearing; and that to whatever extent ..."

2. A Treatise on the Construction and Operation of Wood-working Machines by John Richards (1872)
"The nature of the feed movement, be what it may, bears a constant and definite relation to the treadle movement. A chisel movement of 6 inches, for instance ..."

3. The Science Record edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1876)
"The sawing machine is operated by a treadle. A saw-horse of the common construction, with a platform treadle, pivoted by a cross rod, a, ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"This was а тегу ingenious arrangement of mechanism by which a treadle, worked by the foot of the weaver, gave a vibratory ..."

5. Mechanical Devices in the Home by Edith Louise Allen (1922)
"Water motor. motor, there is a treadle, or foot-power motor, used in the home. 263. The treadle. The treadle is a small platform, which rocks on two pivots. ..."

6. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1844)
"... connected to the treadle E, by means of the vertical bar of iron F, the weight of which is sufficient to overbalance the box-iron Б and the treadle £. ..."

7. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"The connection with the treadle E is by a firing or wire e, ... the foot on the middle treadle, as before explained. ..."

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