Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sledge brake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: sledge brake
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail.

Example Sentences

"Furzebrook Railway (Dorset) wagon No. 28, with sledge brake, now preserved at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Towyn Wharf Station"

Inflected Forms

sledge brakes (plural)

Questions

What does sledge brake mean?: An early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail.

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