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clasp brakes

clasp brakes is the plural of clasp brake.

Meaning of clasp brake

Noun

clasp brake (plural clasp brakes)

  1. A type of brake that presses a cast-iron block against the tyre of a railway wheel when activated; they can be on opposite sides of a wheel (when viewed from the side).
    • The bogies have orthodox equalised clasp brakes with a separate brake cylinder for each wheel.1960 April, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239

Questions about clasp brakes

What is clasp brakes the plural of?
Clasp brakes is the plural of clasp brake.

Words near clasp brakes in the dictionary

  1. clasmatosis
  2. Clason
  3. Clasons
  4. clasp
  5. clasp brake
  6. clasp brakes
  7. clasp knife
  8. clasp knives
  9. clasp lock
  10. clasp locker
  11. clasp lockers

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