treadle
noun
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
treadled
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past participleof treadle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof treadle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
treadlenouna lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
Example Sentences
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In the strenuousness of his concentration he treadled fitfully on the floor.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
She perched on the stool and treadled at her machine all day, turning out collars, the name of whose brand could be noted for its irrelevancy to anything in connection with collars.
From Maggie, a Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane
At that time I have had some success with a box trap treadled by an electric contrivance instead of figure 4.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Here were the big cutting-out table, the treadled sewing machine, three or four chairs, many fragments of material, several half-made garments, and, upon the walls, a number of coloured prints from fashion papers.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
