coaster brake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coaster brake
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Bicycle makers long ago incorporated this principle in the "coaster" brake.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he was eight, Alfred asked for a bicycle, could find none with a coaster brake, so picked a shiny cello in Lyon & Healy's window.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lying on the ground attached to the bike I tried to disentangle myself but with the coaster brake I couldn�t reverse the direction.��
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John
Cost me twenty-one dollars, and it's got puncture-proof tires and a real coaster brake.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell
Most bikes we were used to in Britain were equipped with two hand brakes but this one had a coaster brake, trying to pedal backwards would apply the brake to the back wheel.
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John
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