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treadled

treadled is the simple past and past participle of treadle.

Meaning of treadle

Verb

treadle (third-person singular simple present treadles, present participle treadling, simple past and past participle treadled)

  1. (intransitive) To use a treadle.
  2. (transitive) To press a specific treadle or sequence of treadles on the loom.
    • You can play with treadling a straight or point twill, treadle just Block A, treadle just Block B, or mix and match all the options.2026, Sydney Sogol, “Blue Morpho Runner”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 51

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Questions about treadled

What is treadled the simple past and past participle of?
Treadled is the simple past and past participle of treadle.

Words near treadled in the dictionary

  1. treading the stage
  2. treading upon
  3. treading water
  4. treadings
  5. treadle
  6. treadled
  7. treadler
  8. treadlers
  9. treadles
  10. treadless
  11. treadling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treadled (page history and authors); treadle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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