Sentence examples for treadwheel from inspiring English sources
noun
A wheel turned by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet upon its periphery, as for example in a treadmill.
Cowbit sluice on the Welland had six 6 feet wide gates which were operated by chains connected to a treadwheel.
Medieval machines and inventions, such as the treadwheel crane, became indispensable during construction, and techniques of building wooden scaffolding were improved upon from Antiquity.
Standing leg of the walking insect: Stick insects can walk on a treadwheel with five legs while the sixth leg is placed on a platform at a position fixed relative to the body as studied by Bässler (1979), Cruse and Saxler (1980), Cruse and Schmitz (1983), Schmitz (1985) (for similar results concerning the rock lobster see Clarac and Cruse 1982).
Comparable behavioral effects have been observed in less artificial situations (walking on a treadwheel, i.e., with mechanical coupling between legs (Bässler et al. 1987; Dean and Wendler 1982, 1983; Foth and Bässler 1985; Graham 1972) which suggests that no essential artifacts are produced with respect to leg coordination when walking on the slippery surface.
One vendor is offering treadmills and treadwheels — essentially oversize hamster wheels — that let dogs exercise indoors, without the indignities of cracked sidewalks or rain.
