treadle , also: treddle

She sat back and took her foot off the treadle.

The man behind the counter put his foot upon the treadle.

She had a new Singer machine with an electric foot treadle.

It also cost significantly less than a full treadle.

The spindle was turned by a crank or a treadle.

Like a treadle the bridge heaved and dropped several times before he could even look up.

Since its inception, the treadle pump has had many modifications.

At the base, between the wheels, was a pair of geared treadles which moved the whole thing.

She removed her feet from the treadle and held it up to look at it.

"You can buy a treadle pump and install it immediately.

The pilot shifted his feet on the treadles, and the deck pitched.

More than one treadle can operate a single shaft.

The whole spindle turned by means of a foot-operated treadle.

All he needs is one good one for the foot treadle."

It's a tough one to locate, right behind the model that played on a sewing machine treadle stand, made in the same year.

My pulse was pumping like a treadle under my ears.

The treadle was a rocking pedal, powered by the worker's foot.

Some inventors even combined treadles and chains on the same bicycle.

"With the people dancing on the treadle," laughed Charlie.

Around 1480, the crank mechanism is further mechanized by adding a treadle.

The treadle was operated by pressing down on it with a foot, or both feet, to cause a rocking movement.

Wool is dyed and woven on treadle looms inside the shop.

"Oh, now, really I didn't notice you," said she, taking a few turns of the treadle and steering the machine across to them.

On the other hand, without a treadle, the signalman is more likely to get distracted and forget to put the signal to stop.

New sewing-machines were bought, and the fall of the stream from the lake was taught to run the treadles.