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chainbrakes

chainbrakes is the plural of chainbrake.

Meaning of chainbrake

Noun

chainbrake (plural chainbrakes)

  1. 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

Questions about chainbrakes

What is chainbrakes the plural of?
Chainbrakes is the plural of chainbrake.

Words near chainbrakes in the dictionary

  1. chainages
  2. Chainat
  3. chainbolt
  4. chainbolts
  5. chainbrake
  6. chainbrakes
  7. chainbreaker
  8. chainbreakers
  9. chainbreaking
  10. chaincase
  11. chaincases

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