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noun(in a windmill) a bevel gearwheel rotating with the wind shaft. Origin of brake wheelAn Americanism dating back to 1870–75 Words nearby brake wheelbrake pedal, braker, brake shoe, brakesman, brake-van, brake wheel, braking distance, braking time, Brakpan, Brale, braless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brake wheelAnother element sometimes employed in arc-lamp mechanism is the brake-wheel regulator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6|Various He had to clutch the brake-wheel to keep himself from falling. King Spruce, A Novel|Holman Day The fireman had already seen the danger, and sprung to the brake-wheel on the tender behind him. Si walked to the end of the car, tore off the brake-wheel, and came back. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
He turned then to the brake-wheel, but, before he could apply it, Thomson had risen and grappled with him. The Iron Horse|R.M. Ballantyne
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