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Brake of a sort
Answer for the clue "Brake of a sort ", 5 letters:
sprag
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine [syn: pitprop ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 (alternative form of sprack English) Etymology 2 n. A billet of wood; a piece of timber, a similar solid object or constructed unit used as a prop. v 1 (context transitive English) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep slope, by putting ...
Usage examples of sprag.
I had a look over my shoulder and was preparing to jump when Laurence dropped a sprag and pulled her up all standing.
As I remember, there was a weasel-beaked fellow mighty sprag to beagle out our business.