treadle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: treadle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for treadle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
treadle n a lever that is operated with the foot [syn: pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever] v tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones" operate (machinery) by a treadle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.