Treadle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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