A device or appliance to retard or stop the motion of a vehicle descending a slope. Now dialect.
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion (19) trigger1591 A device or appliance to retard or stop the motion of a vehicle descending a slope. Now dialect. drug1638 A drag, used to brake the wheels of a vehicle on a downhill slope; = drag, n. 3c. trigen1659 apparently an error of some kind for triger, trigger, n.2, appearing first in 1659; whence in Phillips New World of Words 1678, and in many… skid1766 A device for locking the wheel of a vehicle or for retarding its motion in descending a hill or slope; esp. an iron shoe chained to the vehicle and… drag1795 Something that drags, or hangs heavily, so as to impede motion. A device for retarding the rotation of the wheels of a vehicle when descending a… remskoen1816 A brake shoe or skid (skid, n. 3a) of iron or heavy timber, used on the rear wheels of a wagon prior to the invention of the screw-brake. Now histo… slipper1827 A form of skid used to retard the speed of a vehicle in descending a hill. shoe1837 Something resembling a shoe (sense 1 or 4) in shape, position, or function. A kind of drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle; also the concave part of… sledge1839 A form of drag or skid. Obsolete. rare. hub1856 Technical and local uses. A block for stopping the wheel of a vehicle. rough lock1858 A device, as a chain or shoe, which prevents a wheel from turning or a log from rolling and thus acts as a brake on a steep slope. spoke1858 (See quots. and cf. 4a.) wagon-drag1875 a shoebrake for a wagon. wagon-lock1875 (see quot.). wheel-lock1875 (See quot. 1875.) sprag1878 A stout piece of wood used to check the revolution of a wheel (or roller), usually by inserting it between two of the spokes. slipper-drag1883 = sense 4a. slipper-brake1884 = sense 4a. shod1893 A skid in the form of a shoe; = shoe, n. 5f. |
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