sledge brake in English

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      "form": "sledge brakes",
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          "ref": "1958 September 13, “Talyllyn Railway and Museum”, in Railway Magazine, page 627, image caption:",
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        "An early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail."
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          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "rail",
          "rail"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rail transport, historical) An early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail."
      ],
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        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
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  "word": "sledge brake"
}

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      "form": "sledge brakes",
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        "plural"
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          "rail transport"
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          "track brake",
          "track brake"
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        "(rail transport, historical) An early type of track brake where a block or shoe was pressed against a rail."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ],
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        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
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"sledge brake" meaning in English

Noun

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