A lever that is operated with the foot.
1 The bait should be rested in the centre of the treadle platform.
2 Nothing but empty desks set in careful rows and dusty treadle computers.
3 So long, me lord, and he set his foot on the treadle .
4 The vibration of a treadle - machine above them put the place in a throb.
5 She had a new Singer machine with an electric foot treadle .
6 Along the sidewalks, seamstresses lounge beside treadle sewing machines, waiting for evening trade.
7 The man behind the counter put his foot upon the treadle .
8 Nancy did not answer but set the treadle to its duty.
9 All around, the shadowed desks and treadle computers of the company sat silent.
10 Her foot was on the treadle but her eyes were thoughtfully on me.
11 I only need one foot to operate a sewing-machine treadle .
12 Then she looked at the spinning-wheel, and watched the old Hausfrau turn the treadle .
13 The spinning wheels worked by a foot treadle and the yarn was not dyed.
14 Embroidered cloths on every surface, even covering the treadle sewing machine in the corner.
15 Still dim, still cavernously empty with desks and treadle computers sitting silent in shadows.
16 Little Helen, take your feet off the treadle , and don't sit so close, darling.
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