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brake-van

[breyk-van]
noun British.
  1. the caboose of a railway train.

Origin of brake-van

First recorded in 1880–85
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British Dictionary definitions for brake van

brake van

noun
  1. railways, British the coach or vehicle from which the guard applies the brakes; guard's van
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