brake gear

A form of brakegear — The mechanical parts of the braking system on locomotives and other rolling stock.

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Meanings

nounbrake gear (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of brakegear.
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    Fitting vacuum-operated two-cylinder block brakes is difficult: on hopper wagons very limited space is available for housing the complicated gear, and on 16-ton and 21-ton flat-bottom wagons, the brake gear is fouled by haulage and tipping equipment installed before the introduction of fitted mineral trains and often encroaching on the permitted available clear space between the inside of the wheels and below the axle.

    1962 December, “Railway braking—progress and prospects”, in Modern Railways, page 400
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APA

brake gear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20gear

MLA

“brake gear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20gear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brake gear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20gear.

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