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brakevan

brakevan is the alternative form of brake van.

Meaning of brake van

Noun

brake van (plural brake vans)

  1. (UK, dated) A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal.
    • The provision of sanding-gear on brake vans operating over such lines should be compulsory (this old Highland brake was not so fitted); [...].1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612

Forms of brakevan

pluralbrakevans

Questions about brakevan

What is brakevan the alternative form of?
Brakevan is the alternative form of brake van.

Words near brakevan in the dictionary

  1. brakeshoe
  2. brakeshoes
  3. brakesman
  4. brakesmen
  5. brakest
  6. brakevan
  7. brakevans
  8. brakewheel
  9. brakewheels
  10. brakewoman
  11. brakewomen

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