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Definition of Treadling
1. treadle [v] - See also: treadle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treadling
Literary usage of Treadling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern cycles: a practical handbook on their construction and repair by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1897)
"... so that 29 lbs. was the increased weight on the hind wheel, if the rider was
forward treadling, or on the front wheel, if he was back treadling. ..."
2. Textiles: A Handbook for the Student and the Consumer by Mary Schenck Woolman, Ellen Beers Mcgowan (1920)
"The treadles are fastened separately to the four shafts as shown in C. Every weaver
has his own regular method of treadling, which he follows when possible, ..."
3. Textiles and Sewing: A Supplement to Morris's Household Science and Arts by Manette A. Myers, Josephine Morris (1913)
"... or threading the heald shaft is shown in Fig. 59 B. FIG. 59. — FISH- OR
BIRD'S-EYE PATTERN. A, Draft. B, Entering. C, treadling. ..."
4. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"3Wr.iZt.tn lung--&i treadling- «ir The later Palaeozoic Rocks of the northern
hemisphere give us the materials for a series of pictures of this slow ..."
5. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1908)
"treadling libraries. The report of the Travelling Library Extension Committee of
the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs and of the Colorado Travelling ..."
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