"brake van" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "brake vans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "expansion": "brake van (plural brake vans)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:",
          "text": "The provision of sanding-gear on brake vans operating over such lines should be compulsory (this old Highland brake was not so fitted); [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal."
      ],
      "id": "en-brake_van-en-noun-MjP5uCw3",
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "railway",
          "railway"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "brake",
          "brake"
        ],
        [
          "goods",
          "goods"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ],
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "braking",
          "braking"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, rail transport, dated) A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "caboose"
        },
        {
          "word": "guard's van"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brakevan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "brake van"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brake van"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brake vans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "brake van (plural brake vans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "caboose"
    },
    {
      "word": "guard's van"
    }
  ],
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        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Rail transportation"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:",
          "text": "The provision of sanding-gear on brake vans operating over such lines should be compulsory (this old Highland brake was not so fitted); [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rail transport",
          "rail transport"
        ],
        [
          "railway",
          "railway"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "brake",
          "brake"
        ],
        [
          "goods",
          "goods"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ],
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "braking",
          "braking"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, rail transport, dated) A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal."
      ],
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        "British",
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "railways",
        "transport"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "brake van"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brakevan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brake van"
}