treadle wheel

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• treadle — [tred′ l] n. [ME tredel < OE tredan: see TREAD] a lever or pedal moved by the foot as to turn a wheel vi. treadled, treadling to work a treadle …   English World dictionary

• Treadle (railway) — In railway signalling, a treadle is a mechanical or electrical device that detects that a train axle has passed a particular location. They are used where a track circuit requires re inforcing with additional information about a train s location …   Wikipedia

• treadle — [[t]tre̱d(ə)l[/t]] treadles N COUNT The treadle on a spinning wheel or sewing machine is a lever that you operate with your foot in order to turn a wheel in the machine …   English dictionary

• treadle — tread|le [ˈtredl] n [: Old English; Origin: tredel, from tredan; TREAD1] a flat piece of metal or wood that you move with your foot to turn a wheel in a machine …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• treadle — noun (C) a flat piece of metal or wood that you move with your foot to turn a wheel in a machine …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Spinning wheel — For the computer animation commonly found on the Internet, see Spinning wheel (animation). For the Blood, Sweat Tears song, see Spinning Wheel (song). Irish spinning wheel around 1900 Library of Congress collection A spinning wheel is a device… …   Wikipedia

• spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot. [1375 1425; late ME] * * * Early machine for turning textile fibre into thread …   Universalium

• Spinning wheel — Spinning Spin ning, a. & n. from {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spinning gland} (Zo[ o]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[ae]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spinning wheel — ► NOUN ▪ an apparatus for spinning yarn or thread with a spindle driven by a wheel attached to a crank or treadle …   English terms dictionary

• spinning wheel — n. a simple spinning machine fitted with a single spindle driven by the rotation of a large wheel spun by a foot treadle or by hand …   English World dictionary

• spinning-wheel — spinnˈing wheel noun A machine for spinning yarn, consisting of a wheel driven by the hand or by a treadle, which drives one or two spindles • • • Main Entry: ↑spin …   Useful english dictionary