Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun treadle

1 sense of treadle

Sense 1
pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever -- (a lever that is operated with the foot)
       => lever -- (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb treadle

2 senses of treadle

Sense 1
treadle -- (tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones")
       => tread, trample -- (tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields")

Sense 2
treadle -- (operate (machinery) by a treadle)
       => operate, control -- (handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever")