Trea"dle (?), n. [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel. See Tread.]
1.
The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
2. Biol.
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
© Webster 1913.
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