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sledge brake

sledge brake noun: an early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail.

Noun

sledge brake (plural sledge brakes)

  1. (historical) An early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail.
    • Furzebrook Railway (Dorset) wagon No. 28, with sledge brake, now preserved at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Towyn Wharf Station1958 September, “Talyllyn Railway and Museum”, in Railway Magazine, page 627, image caption

Forms of sledge brake

pluralsledge brakes

Questions about sledge brake

What does sledge brake mean?
Sledge brake means an early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail.
What part of speech is sledge brake?
Sledge brake is a noun.
What is the plural of sledge brake?
The plural of sledge brake is sledge brakes.

Words near sledge brake in the dictionary

  1. sleddogs
  2. Sledds
  3. sledful
  4. sledfuls
  5. sledge
  6. sledge brake
  7. sledge brakes
  8. sledge chair
  9. sledge chairs
  10. sledge hammer
  11. sledge hammers

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