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Definition: Treadle |
TreadleNoun1. A lever that is operated with the foot. Verb1. Tread over; "the brickmaker treadles over clay to pick out the stones". 2. Operate by a treadle, of machinery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "treadle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Etymology: Treadle \Trea"dle\, noun. [from Old English expression tredyl step, Anglo-Saxon tredel. See Tread.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | An apparatus close to or attached to a rail, operated by the passage of a wheel. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A lever that is a part of the shedding motion on a loom. Situated near the floor, one end is fulcrumed while the other is fastened by straps to the bottom of the harness frame. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Control device foot operated in two directions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: TreadleSynonyms: foot lever (n), foot pedal (n), pedal (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | One of the cross beams has gone out of skew on the treadle. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman) | |
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| "Treadle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Treadle" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "treadle": treadle press ♦ work the treadle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "treadle": treadle-powered. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "treadle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pedal (pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المدوس ذراع يحرك بالقدم, إستعمل المدوس, بدل (allowance, apposition, change, exchange, lieu, quid pro quo, recompense, shift, sit, substitute, supersede, switch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | натискам педал, педал (pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 踏板 (footboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pedál (pedal), šlapátko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sporkontakt, dobbeltvirkende pedal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pedaal (pedal), hiel/teenpedaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پاتخته , جاپاءی (Pedal), رکاب ماشین , رکاب ساختن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keinupoljin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pédale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | trittbrett (footboard, running board, step), tritt (footprint, footstep, hack, kick, kicks, mating, pace, running board, stair, step, stride, tread, treads, walk), fußhebel (pedal), doppeltwirkendes Pedal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινώ με πεντάλι, κινώ με τα πόδια, πατητήρι, ποδαρικό (omen), ποδομοχλός διπλής κατευθύνσεως, τροχοεπαφή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "וש" (pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pedál (pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menggenjot (do something all at once, operate a pedal or treadle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pedale (pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 踏み板 (footboard, pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふみいた (footboard, pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tromman (dumb-bell), coshal (pedal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadletray pedal (pedal). (various references) tãlpãşiţã, pedalã (pedal, stop), mişca cu ajutorul pedalei, acţiona o maşinã de cusut. (various references) педаль (pedal). (various references) papučica na šivaćoj mašini. (various references) pedal (pedal). (various references) rälkontakt, dubbelverkande pedal. (various references) pedalla çalıştırmak (pedal), pedalla çalışmak, pedal (pedal), ayaklık (stand). (various references) підніжка (footboard, footrest, sideboard, sidestep), педаль (footboard, pedal). (various references) b n đạp (stepping-stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Italian | 900-Modern | pedale. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "treadle": treadled, treadler, treadlers, treadles, treadless. (additional references) | |
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"Treadle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Breadle, dreadel, Reidle, threadle, Tieoule, Trabaldo, treaden, treakle, Trealaw, treasle, treekle, Trendle, Triewald, Uredale. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "treadle" (pronounced 'Trea"dle'): Astraddle, Bandle, Beadle, Befuddle, Begirdle, Bemuddle, Bestraddle, Bodle, Boodle, Brandle, Caboodle, Candle, Coddle, Co-meddle, Croodle, Dandle, Encradle, fondle, Furdle, griddle, grindle, manhandle, Maudle, mishandle, Miskindle, noddle, Nuddle, Overhandle, Overmeddle, Piddle, Poodle, Pundle, Reddle, Reenkindle, rekindle, Rindle, Rondle, rundle, Scuddle, sidle, skedaddle, Spaddle, Subbeadle, tweedle, Unbridle, Unbundle, Unriddle, unsaddle, Unswaddle, Windle. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: alerted, altered, related. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: dartle, dealer, delate, derate, elated, elater, leader, redate, relate, teared. | |
-2 letters: alder, alert, alter, arete, artel, dater, dealt, delta, derat, deter, eared, eater, elate, elder, lader, laree, lated, later, rated, ratel, relet, taler, tared, telae, trade, tread, treed. | |
-3 letters: alee, dale, dare, dart, date, deal, dear, deer, deet, dele, delt, dere, drat, dree. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: antlered, decretal, deflater, desalter, detailer, elaterid, faltered, haltered, lathered, paltered, reflated, replated, reslated, retailed, trameled, traveled, treadled, treadler, treadles. | |
+2 letters: adulterer, blathered, blattered, clattered, corelated, decaliter, decretals, defaulter, deflaters, dekaliter, delegator, delftware, desalters, desolater, detailers, elaterids, flattered, lacerated, lateraled, laterized, laureated, leathered, leotarded, liberated, plastered, realtered, refloated, regelated, regulated, relatedly, relegated, relocated, replanted, resaluted, retackled, slathered, steelyard, tailender, tolerated, tradeable, trailered, tramelled, trammeled, travelled, treadlers, treadless, ulcerated, unaltered, unrelated. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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