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Airbrake   Listen
noun
airbrake  n.  
1.
A small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft.
Synonyms: dive brake
2.
A vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles. Same as air brake.
Synonyms: air brake
3.
An atomizer to spray by means of compressed air.





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"Airbrake" Quotes from Famous Books



... president is going fishing, Minnie," he'd say, or "Airbrake is up to 133; I wish I'd bought it that time I dreamed about it. It was you who persuaded ...
— Where There's A Will • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... a result the engine idled too fast, thereby causing either excessive taxiing speeds or rapid brake wear. This inability to idle slowly also caused high landing speeds since the propeller did not turn slowly enough to act as an airbrake. Figure 1 shows the first model. Note that the tubular air intakes on top of the cylinders have no valves. Figure 32 shows a later model. Note the butterfly valves in the U-shaped air intakes. Here they are shown fully ...
— The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 • Robert B. Meyer
... constitutional quorum, theretofore, unless a majority answered to their names upon roll-call, no majority appeared of record, although the sergeant-at-arms was empowered to compel the presence of every member. As the traditional safeguard of minorities and as a compressed airbrake on majority action, silence became more powerful than words. Under the Reed theory, since adopted, that the House may, through its Speaker, determine in its own way the presence of a quorum, the Speaker's or the clerk's ...
— History of the United States, Volume 5 • E. Benjamin Andrews
... excited," laughed Phil. "They have forgotten or neglected to couple the airbrake pipes up. Someday one of these crews will wreck us all. I have talked until I am tired. You see there is air on the front end of this train, but these show cars have not been coupled up with the air pipes of the regular train. It is very bad business. I'll report it when ...
— The Circus Boys on the Plains • Edgar B. P. Darlington


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