Converse of subject

• operate: You have to wind it up and it is then operated by a foot treadle.

Modifies a noun

• sewing: This is a treadle sewing machine, powered by rocking your foot to leave your hands free for sewing.

• lathe: The treadle wheel lathe provided some members of the aristocracy with a hobby that some found as absorbing as any modern day turner.

• pump: Collaborating with pump manufacturers to to adapt treadle pump design in response to user needs.

• machine: This is a treadle sewing machine, powered by rocking your foot to leave your hands free for sewing.

• wheel: The treadle wheel lathe provided some members of the aristocracy with a hobby that some found as absorbing as any modern day turner.

• drive: The round leather rope drive from the rim of the foot-operated treadle drive allowed for a certain degree of twist in its drive.

Noun used with modifier

• foot: You have to wind it up and it is then operated by a foot treadle.