treadle

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She made coats from morning till midnight at a big machine with a massive treadle, and had pains in her chest even before she fell in love with Pesach Weingott There was a hubbub of congratulation (_Mazzoltov, Mazzoltov_, good luck), and a palsy of handshaking, when the contract was signed.

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  1. noun A pedal or lever operated by the foot for circular drive, as in a potter's wheel or sewing machine.
  2. intransitive verb To work a treadle.

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  • He spun the flywheel, began pumping the lathe up to speed Working the treadle was trickier than he expected, but he eventually got the knack. —  AnalogSF,Dec2003
  • Voices human and animal rang, and hooves, the buzz of a woodworker's lathe, the last blows of a smith's hammer, the hum of a treadle-driven sewing machine, the rhythmic tock… tock… of an ax splitting wood. —  Map.html
  • And if you are treadle-intrigued, Here is a link Diane sent me of her friend ANNIE doing free motion quilting on a treadle machine .... —  Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!
  • Mom was a beautiful seamstress: sewing dresses for four daughters on an old treadle-type Singer sewing machine.
  • If you end up with a spare treadle and no sewing machine I've seen some great plans for a treadle powered hobby lathe. —  Ontario Blogs Feed
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Etymologies (3)

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

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  1. Also treddle; from Middle English tredyl, from Anglo-Saxon tredel, a step, from tredan, tread: see tread.
  2. from treadle, n.
 

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/ˈtrɛdl/
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