单词 | treadle |
释义 | treadlen.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §550 Fastened to this shaft is the treadle-board. treadle-cord n. treadle-crank n. ΚΠ 1766 Compl. Farmer at Flax The sword or upright timber-rod which turns the wheel by the treadle-crank. treadle-lever n. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 269 A platform, which is raised up by a treddle lever. treadle-wire n. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 72 For larger tools..a treadle grindstone..will be found more convenient. treadle-loom n. ΚΠ 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 45 The manufacturers sit in holes in their gardens before their rather clumsy treadle-looms. treadle-machine n. ΚΠ 1893 A. S. Eccles Sciatica 7 Working a treadle sewing-machine for some hours. treadle-wheel n. ΚΠ 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 188 The Treddle Wheel is used for small work only. c. treadle-shaking adj. ΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.a1000v.1891 |
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