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Definition of Treadmill
1. Noun. An exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place.
2. Noun. A mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps.
3. Noun. A job involving drudgery and confinement.
Definition of Treadmill
1. n. A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
Definition of Treadmill
1. Noun. A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place. ¹
2. Noun. A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. ¹
3. Noun. A mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Treadmill
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treadmill
Literary usage of Treadmill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1887)
"Mr. JE Chamberlain, warden of the Connecticut State Prison, writes, March
26,1886 : " We have no record of there being a treadmill in the old prison in ..."
2. Gaseous Exchange and Physiological Requirements for Level and Grade Walking by Henry Monmouth Smith (1922)
"treadmill. A detailed description of the treadmill was given in the report of the
... Some slight alterations were made in the treadmill for this research, ..."
3. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"enough to contain a treadmill and a subject walking on it. ... The walking during
the experiments was done on a treadmill which is described briefly on page ..."
4. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett, John Elton (1898)
"THE treadmill. THOUGH usually accounted a very modern inven- Appendix. tion, the
corn grinding treadmill has some slight treadmill. claim to antiquity. ..."
5. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett, John Elton (1898)
"THE treadmill. THOUGH usually accounted a very modern inven- Appendix. tion, the
corn grinding treadmill has some slight treadmill. claim to antiquity. ..."
6. Danger Signals for Teachers by Albert Edward Winship (1919)
"GET OUT OF A treadmill In a treadmill a horse cannot go fast enough to get ahead
a single ... A treadmill is a machine and the machine makes the horse go. ..."
7. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Thus we say, " He was sent to the treadmill, meaning, to prison to work in the
treadmill. Stone Soup or St. Bernard's Soup. A beggar asked abus at a lordly ..."
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