chainbrake
chainbrake noun: a safety device on a chainsaw that stops the chain during kickback.
Noun
chainbrake (plural chainbrakes)
- A safety device on a chainsaw that stops the chain during kickback.
- The automatic chainbrake stops the chain immediately when the operator's left hand slips or is dislodged from the handle of the saw.1984, Heffernan, William, The Harvest reader, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 467
- Buy a model with a chainbrake and make sure it stops the chain immediately.1988, Cavendish, Marshall, The Knack DIY Yearbook, page 127
Examples of chainbrake in a sentence
- remove and clean the sprocket cover and chainbrake mechanism; […]1993, Lawrence, Trevor, Practical tree management : an arborists handbook, Inkata Press, page 92:
- All saws have chainbrakes on these days that will stop a chain dead if your wrist is pushed against it (as in a kickback).2004, Earth Garden Magazine 130, Earth Garden Magazine, page 48:
Forms of chainbrake
| plural | chainbrakes |
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Origin of chainbrake
From chain + brake.
Questions about chainbrake
- What does chainbrake mean?
- Chainbrake means a safety device on a chainsaw that stops the chain during kickback.
- How do you use chainbrake in a sentence?
- remove and clean the sprocket cover and chainbrake mechanism; […]
- What part of speech is chainbrake?
- Chainbrake is a noun.
- What is the plural of chainbrake?
- The plural of chainbrake is chainbrakes.
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