brake tenders

A form of brake tender — A railway vehicle which provided extra braking on freight trains with unfitted wagons (without automatic brakes) hauled by diesel locomotives, which being generally lighter than steam locomotives had less braking power. With the phasing out of unfitted wagons the brake tenders became redundant.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of brake tender
Cite this entry
APA

brake tenders. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20tenders

MLA

“brake tenders.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20tenders. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brake tenders,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20tenders.

Source: brake tenders on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.