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单词 treadle
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treadlen.

/ˈtrɛd(ə)l/
Forms: Old English tredel; Middle English tredel, tredyl, tredylle, 1500s–1800s treddle, (1700s treddel), 1600s tredle, ( treedle), 1700s–1800s treadel, 1500s– treadle; β. 1600s trydle, triddle (also 1800s dialect); γ. 1600s tradle, truddle, 1800s dialect traddle.
Etymology: < tread v. + -le suffix 1.
1. A step or stair. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step
stepc825
treadlea1000
stopelc1200
degreec1290
passa1400
pace1423
grece1448
stair1530
footing1725
stair-step1794
gradin1839
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 117/6 Bases, tredelas, uel stæpas.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 501/1 Tredyl, or [v.r. of] grece, gradus, pedalis.
c1490 Promptorium Parvulorum 209/1 (MSS. K. & H.) Grece, or tredyl, P. or steyre, gradus.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Treddle, the step of a stair, etc.
2.
a. A lever worked by the foot in machines and mechanical contrivances, usually to produce reciprocating (as originally in the loom) or rotary motion.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > [noun] > operated by foot
treadle14..
treddle1671
footstep1678
footboard1721
treader1747
pedal1789
treadle mat1937
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 592/33 Liciatorium, a tredel.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 614/14 Subpedium, a tredel.
1483 Cath. Angl. 392/1 A Tredylle of ye lummys, suppodium.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 298 The Treadle of a weauers loome, insile.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 270 Consider the strange trydles of their Loomes.
1667 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 35 Large Smelting Bellows with Beams, Frames, Swords, Triddles.
1667 in J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 37 One large new Wheel, that carrieth three Pair of bellows, with Swords, Beams, Truddles.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 183 (heading) Of the Treddle and Cross-Treddle.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxi. 252/1 By the riseing and falling of the Tradles, these play vp and down.
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 772 Until the method of lifting it by treadels, or foot-staves.
1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 215 Treadles on which the weaver presses his feet alternately.
1914 N.E.D. at Treadle Mod. A sewing-machine worked by treadles.
b. A pedal of a bicycle or the like.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > pedals and parts
pedal1845
grip treadle1881
toe-strap1884
grip-pedal1885
rat trap1887
treadle1887
toe-clip1895
bear trap1984
1887 E. P. Thompson in Monthly Packet Jan. 88 My feet are unapt to move without the treadles under them.
1895 H. C. Beeching Poems, Going down hill on a bicycle v When the wheels scarce crawl, My feet to the treadles fall.
c. On a railway: see quot. 1904.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > types of signal system > device on track operating block signal
treadle1904
1904 Westm. Gaz. 15 Nov. 10/1 There is an electric treadle just outside Shepherd's Bush Station which is operated by a brush fixed to the rear car of the train; and this operates on the block signal.
3.
a. = tread n. 6b. Now dialect.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > yolk > tread
strainc1305
cock treading1573
kenning1585
tread1593
cock's tread1647
gallature1650
treadle1658
cicatricula1664
strind1671
gemma1692
chalaza1704
segmentation cavity1888
1658 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 3) iii. xxviii. 151 The Grando or tredle, are but the poles and establishing particles of the tender membrans.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vii. iv. 391 At each end of the Egg is a Treddle, so called, because it was formerly thought to be the Sperm of the Cock.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vii. 70 The Treadels of the Eggs.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. iv. 132 The chicken which is contained in embryo, in..the treadle of the egg.
b. See quots. (Cf. tread v. 8, tread n. 6.) Obsolete.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1638 J. Ford Fancies iii. 41 Whore, bitch—Fox, treedle—fa la la la.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Treddle, a whore.]

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a.
treadle-board n.
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1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §550 Fastened to this shaft is the treadle-board.
treadle-cord n.
treadle-crank n.
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1766 Compl. Farmer at Flax The sword or upright timber-rod which turns the wheel by the treadle-crank.
treadle-lever n.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 269 A platform, which is raised up by a treddle lever.
treadle-wire n.
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1880 W. Carnegie Pract. Trapping vi. 41 The treadle wire itself may be flattened.
b. Worked by a treadle or treadles.
treadle-brake n.
ΚΠ
1903 Westm. Gaz. 20 Oct. 10/1 By slow degrees, we got the present serviceable treadle brake that acts on the whole 'bus.
treadle-grindstone n.
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1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 72 For larger tools..a treadle grindstone..will be found more convenient.
treadle-loom n.
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1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 45 The manufacturers sit in holes in their gardens before their rather clumsy treadle-looms.
treadle-machine n.
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1893 A. S. Eccles Sciatica 7 Working a treadle sewing-machine for some hours.
treadle-wheel n.
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1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 188 The Treddle Wheel is used for small work only.
c.
treadle-shaking adj.
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1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xxvi. 36 Their treadle-shaking feet now scour apace Through Gallow town.
C2.
treadle mat n. a mat or casing which activates a mechanism when stepped on or otherwise depressed.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > [noun] > operated by foot
treadle14..
treddle1671
footstep1678
footboard1721
treader1747
pedal1789
treadle mat1937
1937 Times 13 Apr. p. xvi/4 Pneumatic treadle mats cover the steps so that the doors when released by the driver may be automatically opened by passengers standing on the steps.
1966 Electronics Weekly 16 Mar. 3/1 The passage of the wheels over a treadle mat causes the light to change to red.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

treadlev.

/ˈtrɛd(ə)l/
Etymology: < treadle n.
1. intransitive. To work a treadle; to move the feet as if doing this; also, of a cyclist: to make one's way by treadling or pedalling one's cycle: also transitive with way.
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society > travel > transport > cycling > cycle [verb (intransitive)] > pedal
pedal1883
treadle1891
ankle1893
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > operate lever [verb (intransitive)] > by foot
treadle1891
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles xxxv, in Graphic 10 Oct. 423/1 In the strenuousness of his concentration he treadled on the floor.
1891 Daily News 7 Sept. 6/3 Two or three of these persecutor-cyclists were quietly treadling about the town as early as eight in the morning.
1896 Daily News 25 July 8/1 We treadled our way swiftly through the..streets.
2. transitive. To operate (a machine) by working a treadle.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > operate by moving lever [verb (transitive)] > by foot
treadle1906
1906 H. Begbie Priest xvi You'd be in Queer Street, treadling a sewing-machine for eighteen pence a day.

Derivatives

ˈtreadler n. one who treadles; spec. an operative who guides fabric into and adjusts a treadling machine for brushing up the pile. treadler's cramp, cramp of the legs affecting persons engaged in working treadle-machines.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > [noun] > operated by foot > one who operates
treadler1891
1891 Lancet 14 Feb. 410/1 Medical Society of London... A case of Treadler's Cramp.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 15 The lameness and the ‘treadler's cramp’ appeared simultaneously.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 384
ˈtreadling n.
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1912 Daily News 21 Mar. 5 A little weakness which makes it difficult to do much treadling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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