单词 | tread-wheel |
释义 | tread-wheeln. A wheel rotated by the treading of persons or animals to give motion to machinery, to pump, or raise water, etc.; esp. a wheel turned by the weight of a person or animal walking forward on the inside of its periphery; also, = treadmill n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > tread tread-wheelc1573 wheel1623 tympanum1889 activity wheel1929 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > instruments of punishment in > treadmill mill1822 treadmill1822 tread-wheel1822 treading-mill1830 stepper1846 shin-scraper1869 c1573 Lansdowne MS. 101 lf. 81 The Trade Whele where uppon men or horse stondyth. 1629 Brit. Patent 48 (1856) 1 An engine..which goeth downe to the bottome..of the Worke where it is to be used either by a Treadwheele meanes, hands [etc.]. 1660 ‘R. D'Acres’ Art Water-drawing 12 Certain great hollow wheels, hanging perpendicularly, in which men tread (called by some tread-wheels) not unlike unto a dog in a spit-wheel. 1799 Hardie Specif. Patent 2300 The steps..serve for the men to mount upon or dismount from the tread wheel. 1822 Gentleman's Mag. July 9 A party of prisoners..working one of the Tread-wheels of the Discipline Mill, invented by Mr. Cubitt. 1839 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity I. 362 Ascetics..wasting themselves to skeletons on the tread-wheel of their devout taskwork. Derivatives ˈtread-wheel v. (transitive) to inflict the discipline of the treadmill upon. ˈtread-wheeling n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > instruments of punishment in > treadmill > infliction of tread-wheeling1831 1831 Lincoln Herald 7 Oct. 4 Let these officials moderate their..fines, and treadwheeling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1573 |
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