treddle
/ˈtrɛdəl/
noun
- A foot-operated lever or pedal, especially on a spinning wheel, loom, or similar machine.
- He replaced the broken treddle on the loom so it could work again.
- She pressed the treddle with her foot to spin the wheel.
- The old sewing machine had a wooden treddle that moved the needle.
verb
- To work a treddle or pedal with the foot.
- She learned to treddle the spinning wheel while keeping the thread even.
- He had to treddle carefully to keep the machine running smoothly.
- The weaver would treddle the loom for hours to finish the cloth.