treadles
- present tense form of treadle (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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During this period, she was collecting books on weaving, learning how to measure the warp threads and tie up the treadles on a loom.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
Result: Russian seamstresses are awash in a sea of treadles and bobbins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dozens of mechanized needles pumping up and down sounded a continuous clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rumble of foot treadles and the whir of spinning spools of thread.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
She’d thread it and throw the shuttle and start working the foot treadles.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Heads bent, mouths fanning straight pins, hem-covered oxfords working unseen treadles, they continued production.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
