treadle

n.
A pedal or lever operated by the foot for circular drive, as in a potter's wheel or sewing machine.

intr.v., -led, -ling, -les.
To work a treadle.

[Middle English tredel, from Old English, step of a stair, from tredan, to tread.]

treadler tread'ler n.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a lever that is operated with the foot
  Synonyms: pedal, foot pedal, foot lever

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The verb treadle has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: tread over

Meaning #2: operate by a treadle, of machinery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pedal, tråd (cykling), trædebræt, fodbræt
v. intr. - træde på fodbrættet

Nederlands (Dutch)
(trap)pedaal, trappen

Français (French)
n. - pédale
v. intr. - pédaler

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tretkurbel, Pedal
v. - ein Trittbrett od. Pedal bedienen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποδωστήριο, πεντάλ
v. - εργάζομαι σε μηχανή με ποδοκίνητο μοχλό

Italiano (Italian)
pedale, pedalare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pedal (m)
v. - pedalar

Русский (Russian)
педаль, подножка (швейной машины), ножной подвод

Español (Spanish)
n. - pedal
v. intr. - pedalear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trampa, pedal
v. - trampa (på pedal)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
踏木, 踏板, 踏动踏板, 开动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 踏木, 踏板
v. intr. - 踏動踏板, 開動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 페달, 디딤판
v. intr. - 페달을 밟다, 디딤판을 밟아 움직이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ペダル
v. - ペダルを踏む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ذراع يحرك بالقدم, المدوس, (فعل) يعمل المدوس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דוושה‬
v. intr. - ‮דיווש‬

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