Lexic.us

Definition of Brakes

1. Noun. A braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle.

Definition of Brakes

1. Noun. (plural of brake) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of brake) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brakes

1. brake [v] - See also: brake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brakes

Literary usage of Brakes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Air brakes MOTIVE POWER AND EQUIPMENT proportion the brake pressure to the ... 89503 E. An Early and Thorough Test of Continuous brakes in England. ..."

2. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"The pressure upon the brakes is limited by the weight on the wheels fitted with ... The teats marked A were on stopping trains by tender and van brakes only ..."

3. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1910)
"ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF brakes ON MOTOR CARRIAGES. General Requirements in brakes.—An important subject in connection with the construction and ..."

4. Transactions by England Society of Engineers (London, Society of Engineers (London, England), Royal Historical Society (London), Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett (1880)
"HYDRAULIC CONTINUOUS AND AUTOMATIC brakes. By EDWARD D. BARKER. Railway brakes have been actuated by mechanical means, by steam, by compressed air, ..."

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