brake-van
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of brake-van
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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About Tell el-Kabír, the brake-van also waxed unsafely warm; but it reached Zagázig without developing more caloric.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
From Auckland the Prince went south on a train, every part of which, from the engine to the brake-van, had been built in New Zealand workshops.
From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
"De Aar," and the Africander guard flung himself out of his brake-van.
From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel
At this crisis I had the luck to come across my friend Inspector Hooper, Cape Government Railways, in command of an engine and a brake-van chalked for repair.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
It is composed of ten trucks and vans, and has besides a guard's brake-van fitted with a screw-down brake of the usual sort.
From The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various
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