brakeload en · NOUN
Etymology
From brake + load.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brakeloads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |