BRAKE
1 —none. 1 (often in plural.) Device for stopping or slowing a wheel, vehicle, etc. 2 thing that impedes. —verb. (-king) 1 apply a brake. 2 slow or stop with a brake. [probably obsolete brake = curb]
1 —none. 1 (often in plural.) Device for stopping or slowing a wheel, vehicle, etc. 2 thing that impedes. —verb. (-king) 1 apply a brake. 2 slow or stop with a brake. [probably obsolete brake = curb]
3 —none. 1 toothed instrument for crushing flax and hemp. 2 (in full brake harrow) heavy harrow. —verb. (-king) crush (flax or hemp). [low german or dutch: related to *break]