Definition of brake

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Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..

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Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A sharp bit or snaffle.
Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..
Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine..
Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine..
Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.
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