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n. - A vehicular stopping mechanism that operates by compressed air; A small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft.

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  • Now that I have a garage I can get to work installing that and also doing the fender/mudflap/airbrake eliminator, the aluminum footpegs, the clear taillight, and finally...
  • Likewise, when George Westinghouse, inventor of the airbrake, having finally persuaded the directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad, after many futile attempts in other...
  • This model had a retractable airbrake mounted well aft, almost underneath the exhaust nozzles, and the undercarriage folded backward and inward instead of forward and...
  • And the gasp that gets out of Peyton sounds like openin 'an airbrake.
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