…a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels…
…a coarse fern of warm and tropical countries, frequently having the fronds divided into long linear segments…
…a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels…
…a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels…
…separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain…
…separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain…
…a thin block, typically one of a pair, which presses on to the disc in a disc brake…
…a railway carriage or wagon from which the train’s brakes can be controlled by the guard…
…a block of hard material pressed against the rim of a wheel to slow it down by friction, especially on a bicycle…
…a broad, very short cylinder attached to a wheel, against which the brake shoes press in a drum brake…
…a red light at the back of a vehicle that is automatically illuminated when the brakes are applied…
…a long curved block, typically one of a pair, which presses on to the drum in a drum brake…
…a type of vehicle brake employing the friction of pads against a disc which is attached to the wheel…
…a type of vehicle brake in which brake shoes press against the inside of a drum on the wheel…
…an engine brake for truck diesel engines that cuts off fuel flow and interrupts the transfer of mechanical energy to the drive mechanism…
…a layer of hard material attached to a brake shoe or brake pad to increase friction against the drum or disc…
…a railway vehicle brake operated by changes in pressure in a continuous pipe which is generally kept exhausted of air by a pump and controls similar brakes throughout the train…
…an imperial unit of power, equal to one horsepower but used only as a measure of the power available at the shaft of an engine…
…a coarse fern of warm and tropical countries, frequently having the fronds divided into long linear segments…
…a heavy machine formerly used in agriculture for breaking up large lumps of earth…
…a motor-vehicle or bicycle brake consisting of two or more hinged components…
