treadle
noun
trea·dle
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Definition of treadle
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a swiveling or lever device pressed by the foot to drive a machine
treadle
verb
treadled;
treadling\ ˈtred-liŋ
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Definition of treadle (Entry 2 of 2)
: to operate a treadle
: to operate (a machine) by a treadle
Examples of treadle in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
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, "This Young Woman Is Fighting Poverty in Tanzania by Teaching Women to Make Clothes," 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, "'It's art that's to be used': Oak Park pottery shop owner says his creations are not meant to be locked away," 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, "This Exhibition Has Real Bite," 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, "Rag Rug Project Upcycles Old Cloth," 22 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'treadle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for treadle
treadle
noun
English Language Learners Definition of treadle
: a small, flat bar that you press with your foot to operate a machine (such as a pump or sewing machine)
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treadle
noun
trea·dle
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Kids Definition of treadle
: a device worked by the foot to drive a machine
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