foot pedal
71pedal — I. /ˈpɛdl / (say pedl) noun 1. a lever worked by the foot, in various musical instruments, as the organ, piano, and harp, and having various functions. 2. a keyboard attached to the organ, harpsichord, etc., operated by the feet. 3. → pedal point …
72Pedal — Distinguish from paddle and petal and the verb peddle.The word pedal comes from the Latin (, Pedis) and relates to the foot.A pedal is a lever activated by one s foot. Examples include:* Automobile pedal * Bicycle pedal * Pedalo, a small boat,… …
73pedal — 1. n. & v. n. 1 any of several types of foot operated levers or controls for mechanisms, esp.: a either of a pair of levers for transmitting power to a bicycle or tricycle wheel etc. b any of the foot operated controls in a motor vehicle. c any… …
74pedal — /ped l/ or, for 6 8, /peed l/, n., v., pedaled, pedaling or (esp. Brit.) pedalled, pedalling, adj. n. 1. a foot operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as… …
75pedal — ped|al1 [ pedl ] noun count * 1. ) a part that you push with your foot in order to operate a bicycle, vehicle, or machine: the gas/brake pedal 2. ) a part on some musical instruments that you press with your foot to change or make a sound take… …
76foot — [OE] Foot traces its ancestry back to Indo European *pōd , *ped , which provided the word for ‘foot’ in most modern Indo European languages (the exceptions are the Slavic languages, whose ‘foot’ – words, such as Russian noga and Czech noha, come… …
77foot — [OE] Foot traces its ancestry back to Indo European *pōd , *ped , which provided the word for ‘foot’ in most modern Indo European languages (the exceptions are the Slavic languages, whose ‘foot’ – words, such as Russian noga and Czech noha, come… …
78pedal — I. noun Etymology: Middle French pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis, adjective Date: 1618 1. a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano) 2. a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated… …
79pedal — [17] Pedal is one of a group of English words which go back to Latin pēs ‘foot’ or its Romance descendants (to which English foot is related). Others include impede [17], pedestal [16] (which comes via French from Old Italian piedestallo, a… …
80pedal — [17] Pedal is one of a group of English words which go back to Latin pēs ‘foot’ or its Romance descendants (to which English foot is related). Others include impede [17], pedestal [16] (which comes via French from Old Italian piedestallo, a… …
