treadle

3 definitions found

treadle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Treadle \Trea"dle\, n. [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel. See
     Tread.]
     1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is
        pressed or moved by the foot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
        [1913 Webster]

treadle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  treadle
      n 1: a lever that is operated with the foot [syn: pedal,
           treadle, foot pedal, foot lever]
      v 1: tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out
           the stones"
      2: operate (machinery) by a treadle

treadle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "treadle":
     advance, bar, beam, boom, bowl, bunt, butt, cant hook, claw bar,
     crank, crow, crowbar, drive, forward, handspike, impel, iron crow,
     jimmy, lever, limb, marlinespike, move, outrigger, peavey, pedal,
     pinch bar, pole, prize, propel, pry, push, ripping bar, roll, row,
     shove, shunt, spar, sweep, sweep along, thrust, troll, trundle,
     wrecking bar