"treadle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɛdl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-treadle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: treadles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdəl Etymology: From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tredel}} Middle English tredel, {{inh|en|ang|tredel}} Old English tredel, {{af|en|tread|-le}} tread + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} treadle (plural treadles)
  1. A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion. Translations (pedal or lever): педал (pedal) [masculine] (Bulgarian), крачна предавка (kračna predavka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 踏板 (tàbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), tallalaud (Estonian), tald (Estonian), poljin (Finnish), Fußhebel [masculine] (German), pedalo (Ido), deil choise [feminine] (Irish), pedale [masculine] (Italian), insilia [neuter, plural] (Latin), pedał [masculine] (Polish), człapień [masculine] (Polish), педа́ль (pedálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pedal [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-treadle-en-noun-9JvfUYlC Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 15 26 20 14 26 Disambiguation of 'pedal or lever': 93 3 4
  2. A device actuated by wheels passing over it.
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  3. (biology) Chalaza.
    Sense id: en-treadle-en-noun-IDVyh1bS Categories (other): Biology, English terms suffixed with -le, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 15 26 20 14 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 40 33 4 13 Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹɛdl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-treadle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: treadles [present, singular, third-person], treadling [participle, present], treadled [participle, past], treadled [past]
Rhymes: -ɛdəl Etymology: From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tredel}} Middle English tredel, {{inh|en|ang|tredel}} Old English tredel, {{af|en|tread|-le}} tread + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} treadle (third-person singular simple present treadles, present participle treadling, simple past and past participle treadled)
  1. (intransitive) To use a treadle. Tags: intransitive Translations (to use a treadle): taldama (Estonian), polkea (Finnish), pedałować [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-treadle-en-verb-9NR8NUZ- Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 15 26 20 14 26 Disambiguation of 'to use a treadle': 100 0
  2. (weaving, transitive) To press a specific treadle or sequence of treadles on the loom. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-treadle-en-verb-BOUgPnNq Categories (other): Weaving, English terms suffixed with -le, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 15 26 20 14 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 40 33 4 13 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: treadler Related terms: treadling

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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