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Meaning of sledge brake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail.

historical

Examples

“Furzebrook Railway (Dorset) wagon No. 28, with sledge brake, now preserved at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Towyn Wharf Station”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sledge chair sledge hammer sledge hockey sledge racing sledgebell Sledged

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