Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To use a treadle.

    operate (machinery) by a treadle

  2. (transitive)To press a specific treadle or sequence of treadles on the loom.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le.

From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le.

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Forms

treadles, treadling, treadled, treadled
Base formtreadle · to treadle
3rd person singulartreadles
Present participletreadling
Past simpletreadled
Past participletreadled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytreadle
he, she, ittreadles

Past simpleLesson

all personstreadled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave treadled
he, she, ithas treadled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill treadle

Word family

2 related words
Relatedtreadling
Derivedtreadler

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
treacherousC2treacheryC2treadB2treadmilltreasontreasureA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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