Middle English Dictionary Entry
trēdel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trēdel n. Also tredil, tredul. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A step or stair; (b) a treadle, esp. of a loom.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)501 : Tredyl, or grece [Win: Tredyl of grece]: Gradus, pedalis.
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)209 : Grece, or tredyl: Gradus.
b
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)592/33 : Liciatorium: a tredel.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)614/14 : Subpedium: a tredel.
- ?c1460 *Medulla (Add 33534)74a/a : Insubilus: a webbusters tredul [Stnh: insubulus: a webbes trendle].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)129b : A Tredyll of þe lummys: Suppodium.