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brakeload en · NOUN

Etymology

From brake + load.

Meanings

  1. 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:

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Synonyms

brakeful