Explore Treadle through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pedal or lever. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Treadle in a sentence
Treadle meaning
- A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion.
- A device actuated by wheels passing over it.
- Chalaza.
Using Treadle
- The main meaning on this page is: A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion. | A device actuated by wheels passing over it. | Chalaza.
- Useful related words include: pedal, foot pedal, foot lever, lever.
- In the example corpus, treadle often appears in combinations such as: the treadle, and treadle.
Context around Treadle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Treadle
- In this selection, "treadle" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, iron, foot, horizontal, table, dental and broom stand out and add context to how "treadle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a horizontal treadle loom and and and a treadle table singer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "treadle" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with treadle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1810, the foot treadle broom machine was invented. (9 words)
One of the flaye-rods has gone out of skew on the treadle. (13 words)
A pigeon could access the food reward by either pecking at a treadle or stepping on it. (17 words)
Ms O'Loughlin, who owns MoneyPenny SJ Vintage and has a unit at Caldicott's in Stourport, drove six hours to Edinburgh with her cast iron treadle dental polisher to try and impress the dealers. (35 words)
The rooms are packed with heirlooms inherited from parents and grandparents, including a Catholic bishop’s chair that came from Gioventu’s family and a treadle table Singer sewing machine from his grandmother. (33 words)
Technological improvements such as the spinning wheel ( charkha ) and treadle (pai-chah) in the weaver's loom were gradually introduced and the processes of designing, dyeing and printing by block were refined. (32 words)
Example sentences (9)
The rooms are packed with heirlooms inherited from parents and grandparents, including a Catholic bishop’s chair that came from Gioventu’s family and a treadle table Singer sewing machine from his grandmother.
Ms O'Loughlin, who owns MoneyPenny SJ Vintage and has a unit at Caldicott's in Stourport, drove six hours to Edinburgh with her cast iron treadle dental polisher to try and impress the dealers.
Actually, most Brits has gone out askew on the treadle, whereas more Americans caught sayof or want to do look more like.
One of the flaye-rods has gone out of skew on the treadle.
A pigeon could access the food reward by either pecking at a treadle or stepping on it.
In 1810, the foot treadle broom machine was invented.
Kente is a ceremonial cloth hand-woven on a horizontal treadle loom and strips measuring about 4 inches wide are sewn together into larger pieces of cloths.
Modern Era Early modern period *c. 1600 – The modern spinning wheel comes together with the addition of the treadle to the flyer wheel.
Technological improvements such as the spinning wheel ( charkha ) and treadle (pai-chah) in the weaver's loom were gradually introduced and the processes of designing, dyeing and printing by block were refined.
Common combinations with treadle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: