brakelessadj.
/ˈbreɪklɪs/ Not provided with a brake.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > having no or spec. type of brake
brakeless1880
slippered1905
1880 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. Disasters have befallen brakeless trains.
1886 Cent. Mag. Apr. 855/1 Here we were..in a lonely mountain road..with a brakeless machine.
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adj.1880- to find etc the length of a person's foot
- to find etc the measure of a person's foot
- to find expression
- to find expression, ingress, outlet, place
- to find fault
- to find fault at
- to find fault with
- to find favour
- to find favour in the eyes of
- to find forth
- to find frost
- to find god
- to find god, mahoun, st blase, st george, etc to borrow
- to find great miss of
- to find heavy miss of
- to find ignoramus
- to find in
- to find in one's heart
- to find it in one's heart
- to find it in oneself to do something
- to find jesus
- to find know the length of a person's foot
- to find know the measure of a person's foot
- to find little miss of
- to find make a hole in a person's coat