| Treadle 1. (n.) The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot. 2. (n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. Thesaurus Entries advance, bar, beam, boom, bowl, bunt, butt, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, drive, forward, handspike, impel, iron crow, jimmy, lever, limb, marlinespike, move, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, pole, prize, propel, pry, push, ripping bar, roll, row, shove, shunt, spar, sweep, sweep along, thrust, troll, trundle, wrecking bar |