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Definition of Treadled
1. treadle [v] - See also: treadle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treadled
Literary usage of Treadled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1858)
"... frame and conii) for separating the pt raw into the required quantities for
the weaver, und H two- treadled loom, by im-aiis of which wires are K mm I ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1886)
"But while she sat and treadled her little linen wheel, being ' apt to teach,'
she prepared me for a three months term under female tuition, in summer, ..."
3. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1895)
"One of them was knitting while she treadled. They were grimy, of course. But they
were nevertheless an agreeable surprise to me. ..."
4. The American Country Girl by Martha Foote Crow (1915)
"... had a volume of philosophy fastened to her wheel and read the book while she
treadled and spun; and no woman was really accomplished in the old days ..."
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