Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pedal or lever operated by the foot for circular drive, as in a potter's wheel or sewing machine.
- intransitive verb To work a treadle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To operate a treadle; specifically, in playing a reed-organ, to operate the feeders by means of the foot-levers or pedals.
- noun A lever designed to be moved by the foot to impart motion to a machine, as a lathe, sewing-machine, or bicycle.
- noun The tough ropy or stringy part of the white of an egg; the chalaza: so called because formerly supposed to be the male sperm. Compare
tread , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
- noun (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
foot -operated pedal orlever that generatescircular motion . - verb To use a treadle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
- verb tread over
- verb operate (machinery) by a treadle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The treadle is a bamboo water pump powered by the human foot
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We designed a range of affordable irrigation tools such as treadle pumps, and mass-marketed them to small-acreage farmers through the local private sector.
Clear Sight 2008
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Her sewing machine had a "treadle" and our TV was a 5 "black and white with fuzzy images.
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Her sewing machine had a "treadle" and our TV was a 5 "black and white with fuzzy images.
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Her sewing machine had a "treadle" and our TV was a 5 "black and white with fuzzy images.
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Ranging from low-tech options such as a treadle pump that is improving irrigation and access to water in villages across Africa, to high-tech geographical information systems utilizing the latest satellite technology and cell phones that allow smallholder farmers to benefit from access to market data, timely weather forecasts, and crop advice.
Robert Hormats: Innovating Our Way to a Second Green Revolution Robert Hormats 2011
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Ranging from low-tech options such as a treadle pump that is improving irrigation and access to water in villages across Africa, to high-tech geographical information systems utilizing the latest satellite technology and cell phones that allow smallholder farmers to benefit from access to market data, timely weather forecasts, and crop advice.
Robert Hormats: Innovating Our Way to a Second Green Revolution Robert Hormats 2011
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Ranging from low-tech options such as a treadle pump that is improving irrigation and access to water in villages across Africa, to high-tech geographical information systems utilizing the latest satellite technology and cell phones that allow smallholder farmers to benefit from access to market data, timely weather forecasts, and crop advice.
Robert Hormats: Innovating Our Way to a Second Green Revolution Robert Hormats 2011
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Ranging from low-tech options such as a treadle pump that is improving irrigation and access to water in villages across Africa, to high-tech geographical information systems utilizing the latest satellite technology and cell phones that allow smallholder farmers to benefit from access to market data, timely weather forecasts, and crop advice.
Robert Hormats: Innovating Our Way to a Second Green Revolution Robert Hormats 2011
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