'Treadle' definitions:
Definition of 'treadle'
(from WordNet)
noun
verb
Tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"
verb
Operate (machinery) by a treadle
Definition of 'Treadle'
From: GCIDE
- Treadle \Trea"dle\, n. [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel. See Tread.]
- 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'treadle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- bar,
- beam,
- boom,
- bowl,
- bunt,
- butt,
- cant hook,
- claw bar,
- crank,
- crow,
- crowbar,
- drive,
- forward,
- handspike,
- impel,
- iron crow,
- jimmy,
- lever,
- limb,
- marlinespike,
- move,
- outrigger,
- peavey,
- pedal,
- pinch bar,
- pole,
- prize,
- propel,
- pry,
- push,
- ripping bar,
- roll,
- row,
- shove,
- shunt,
- spar,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- thrust,
- troll,
- trundle,
- wrecking bar