Word Meanings - TREADMILL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.

• Workwoman
  A woman who performs any work; especially, a woman skilled in needlework.
• Havened
  Sheltered in a haven.
• Treadwheel
  A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.
• Wheely
  Circular; suitable to rotation.
• Workhouse
  A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
• Workyday
  A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively.
• Havener
  A harbor master.
• Prisoned
  of Prison
• Working-day
  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.
• Discipline
  The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
• Prisoning
  of Prison
• Wheeled
  of Wheel
• Worked
  of Work
• Workingmen
  of Workingman
• MEANSPIRITED
  Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

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