brake wheel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brake wheel
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Phil was still tugging desperately, but without any apparent nervousness, at the brake wheel.
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
Bidding the boy to hang to the brake wheel, the brakeman began climbing down the end ladder, so as to catch Teddy in case he were to fall.
From The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
For the steering-wheel procure an old freight-car "brake" wheel, brass plated.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
Danforth and the governor took hold of the brake wheel with him, and for a minute or two the terrible speed slackened a little.
From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis
The next moment I leaped to my feet, and screwed up the brake wheel, so as to check the pace of the car.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
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