Crossword clues for treadwheel
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Treadwheel \Tread"wheel`\, n. A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.
Wiktionary
n. A wheel turned by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet upon its periphery, as for example in a treadmill.
WordNet
n. a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps [syn: treadmill, tread-wheel]
Wikipedia
A treadwheel, or treadmill, is a form of engine typically powered by humans. It may resemble a water wheel in appearance, and can be worked either by a human treading paddles set into its circumference (treadmill), or by a human or animal standing inside it (treadwheel). These devices are no longer used for power or punishment, and the term " treadmill" has come to mean an exercise machine for running or walking in place.
Usage examples of "treadwheel".
They were powered by huge treadwheels, which in turn were manned by convicts.
She watched the mice scurrying round the cage and running furiously in their little plastic treadwheels till they occupied her whole attention.
Rats on treadwheels, I thought, go round and round in small circles and get nowhere, just like me.