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Brakemen :: Brakemen (pl. ) of Brakema.

Brake :: Brake (n.) A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes..

Barleybrake :: Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybrea.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

Canebrake :: Canebrake (n.) A thicket of canes.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A baker's kneading though.

Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..

Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.

Involucre :: Involucre (n.) A continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

Handwheel :: Handwheel (n.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..

Brake :: Brake () of Brea.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) A man in charge of a brake or brakes.

Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

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