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brakeload

noun

Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

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nounbrakeload (plural brakeloads)

plural brakeloads

Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).
When it was a village or a country town that he visited, all the countryside sent its brakeloads of eager hearers.
1906, Denis Crane, James Flanagan: The Story of a Remarkable Career, page 176
Synonyms: brakeful

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nounEnough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

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From brake + load.

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APA

brakeload. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brakeload

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“brakeload.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brakeload. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brakeload,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brakeload.

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