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brake wheel ExamplesWord Origin noun
- (in a windmill) a bevel gearwheel rotating with the wind shaft.
Origin of brake wheel An Americanism dating back to 1870–75 Examples from the Web for brake wheel Historical Examples of brake wheel
He had to clutch the brake-wheel to keep himself from falling.
Holman Day
Si walked to the end of the car, tore off the brake-wheel, and came back.
John McElroy
The fireman had already seen the danger, and sprung to the brake-wheel on the tender behind him.
Kirk Munroe
He turned then to the brake-wheel, but, before he could apply it, Thomson had risen and grappled with him.
R.M. Ballantyne
Another element sometimes employed in arc-lamp mechanism is the brake-wheel regulator.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6
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