pedal
/ˈpɛdəl/ noun B2- A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano. · There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.· A piano usually has two or three pedals.
- an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
- An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
- A stirrup.
- The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ. · A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.
Plural pedals
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It had two wheels but no pedals!
In the 1860s, inventors in France added pedals to the front wheel.
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