1) Rat race 2) Treadwheel
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kind of like today's StairMaster. Prisoners climbed steps along a rotating cylinder designed to keep them mindlessly occupied and wear them out physically. Outlawed in 1898.
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A treadmill is a device generally for walking or running while staying in the same place. Treadmills were introduced before the development of powered machines, to harness the power of animals or humans to do work, often a type of mill that was operated by a person or animal treading steps of a treadwheel to grind grain. In later times treadmills ...
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• (n.) 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.
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(tred´mil) an exercise apparatus on which a large belt moves and a person can walk or jog on it but remain in the same location.
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Treadmill: A machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill was originally a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power for machines or as a punishment in prisons. The treadmill today serves as a device to maintain physical fitness. It is an esse...
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A treadmill is a mill consisting of a large wooden cylinder with steps on the outside. It is worked by persons treading on the steps, their weight causing the cylinder to revolve. The treadmill was invented in China and originally used for raising water. The treadmill employed in British prisons as an instrument of torture or punishment was invente...
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n] - an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place 2. [n] - a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps 3. [n] - a job involving drudgery and confinement
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treadwheel noun a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps
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