treadle

Example Sentences

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The beavers were captured using four large traps, which shut behind the animals when they step on a treadle inside.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

If you have room, there are treadle feeders that are rat resistant you can use in the coop.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

Later her mother let her use the treadle sewing machine.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2018

We've created an innovative line of irrigation products including four models of foot-operated treadle pumps, 250-gallon water storage tanks for farms and gravity-fed drip irrigation systems.

From Scientific American • Feb. 8, 2013

I piled the straw on top of me and worked the treadle as if I were pumping in order to breathe.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff