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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Tailor_in_Chad.jpg/150px-Tailor_in_Chad.jpg)
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛdl̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛdəl
Noun
[edit]treadle (plural treadles)
- A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion.
- 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
- There is an inconspicuous treadle let into the floor and when you step on it an air-operated door-opening mechanism is automatically activated; [...].
- A device actuated by wheels passing over it.
- 1962 July, “Talking of Trains: Automatic car park at Harlow”, in Modern Railways, pages 11–12:
- As a car enters the parking area the front wheels pass over a treadle, causing a timber barrier to lift and allow the motorist to drive in and park. No money is required at this stage. As the car passes over a second treadle, just beyond the entrance, the barrier falls again.
- (biology) Chalaza.
Translations
[edit]pedal or lever
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Verb
[edit]treadle (third-person singular simple present treadles, present participle treadling, simple past and past participle treadled)
- (intransitive) To use a treadle.
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