2. Verb. (third-person singular of tread) ¹
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Definition of Treads
1. tread [v] - See also: tread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treads
Literary usage of Treads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. National Building Code by American Insurance Association, National Board of Fire Underwriters (1909)
"Plates under treads and landings. When supplementary plates are not required.
... In all buildings hereafter erected where the treads and landings of iron ..."
2. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Risers and treads.— The importance of stair construction, the character of the
work to be employed, and the difficulties involved, vary widely with ..."
3. Fire Prevention and Fire Protection as Applied to Building Construction: A by Joseph Kendall Freitag (1912)
"The fault is entirely due to the I prevalent construction, which is simply to
rest the marble or ship treads and platforms upon the riser flanges or ..."
4. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"The treads are to have rounded nosings with coves underneath. ... The treads,
risers and strings are to be of clear, well-seasoned white pine (Douglas fir, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... wi:h the glittering Mat of SHI gold, and considers it as a vein of the same
earth he treads on. Dfc ,,-p-™ Say, in what mortal soil thou ..."
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