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Air brake   /ɛr breɪk/   Listen
noun
Air brake  n.  (Mach.) A railway brake powered by compressed air.
Synonyms: airbrake.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Air brake" Quotes from Famous Books



... standardization, and the American railway car was in form similar to that of the present day, though not so large, so comfortable, or so strong. The Pullman car, from which has developed the chair car, the dining car, and the whole list of special cars, was in process of development, and the automatic air brake of George Westinghouse was ...
— The Age of Invention - A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest, Book, 37 in The - Chronicles of America Series • Holland Thompson



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