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treadling

treadling is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

treadling (plural treadlings)

  1. The process of working a treadle.

Forms of treadling

pluraltreadlings

Questions about treadling

What does treadling mean?
Treadling means the process of working a treadle.
What is treadling the present participle and gerund of?
Treadling is the present participle and gerund of treadle.
What part of speech is treadling?
Treadling is a noun.
What is the plural of treadling?
The plural of treadling is treadlings.

Words near treadling in the dictionary

  1. treadled
  2. treadler
  3. treadlers
  4. treadles
  5. treadless
  6. treadling
  7. treadlings
  8. treadmill
  9. treadmilled
  10. treadmiller
  11. treadmillers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treadling (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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