treadle

tread·le  (trdl)

n.

A pedal or lever operated by the foot for circular drive, as in a potter's wheel or sewing machine.

intr.v. tread·led, tread·ling, tread·les

To work a treadle.

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[Middle English tredel, from Old English, step of a stair, from tredan, to tread.]

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treadler n.

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treadle [tred-dl]

Noun

a lever operated by the foot to turn a wheel [Old English tredan to tread]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	treadle - a lever that is operated with the foot foot lever, foot pedal, pedal accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun - a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel - a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals brake pedal - foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder clutch pedal, clutch - a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other" lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails pipe organ, organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard soft pedal - a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound loud pedal, sustaining pedal - a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating
Verb	1.	treadle - tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones" trample, tread - tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"
	2.	treadle - operate (machinery) by a treadle control, operate - handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"

Translations

treadle [ˈtrɛdl] n → pédale f (de machine)

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treadle [ˈtrɛdl] tread n → Pedal nt

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treadle [ˈtrɛdl] n → pedale m