Brakers
Shipbuilding. mask (def 19).
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- Braker
Shipbuilding. mask (def 19). Historical Examples Norfolk Annals Charles Mackie
- Brakesman
noun (pl) -men a pithead winch operator Historical Examples Lives of the Engineers Samuel Smiles Tomaso’s Fortune and Other Stories Henry Seton Merriman Lives of the Engineers Samuel Smiles Minimum Gauge Railways Arthur Heywood The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles White Dandy; or, Master and I Velma Caldwell […]
- Braking
a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction. brakes, the drums, shoes, tubes, levers, etc., making up such a device on a vehicle. anything that has a slowing or stopping effect. Also called brakeman. a member […]
- Braking-distance
the approximate distance a vehicle needs to come to a complete stop after the brakes are applied.
- Braking-time
the approximate length of time a vehicle takes to come to a complete stop after the brakes are applied.