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Piece serving as a prop or brake
Answer for the clue "Piece serving as a prop or brake ", 5 letters:
sprag
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Word definitions for sprag in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sprag \Sprag\ (spr[a^]g), n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.] (Zo["o]l.) A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]
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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 ]
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.