1. past tense of treadle; operated a machine by pressing a foot pedal repeatedly

Examples

• She treadled the sewing machine steadily for hours.
• The blacksmith treadled the bellows to keep the fire hot.
• He treadled the pottery wheel to shape the clay.
• The weaver treadled her loom to create the intricate pattern.
• My grandmother treadled her old Singer machine every evening.
• The carpenter treadled the lathe to turn the wooden spindle.