Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| airbrake dive brake | a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft |
| brake | a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle |
| brake | anything that slows or hinders a process, she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage, new legislation will put the brakes on spending |
| brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
brake cylinder
hydraulic brake cylinder
master cylinder | a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston |
| brake disk | a disk or plate that is fixed to the wheel, pressure is applied to it by the brake pads |
brake drum
drum | a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes |
| brake lining | the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum |
| brake pad | one of the pads that apply friction to both sides of the brake disk |
| brake pedal | foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder |
brake shoe
shoe skid | a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation |
brake system
brakes | a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
| coaster brake | a brake on a bicycle that engages with reverse pressure on the pedals |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
disk brake
disc brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads |
| drum brake | hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
| foot brake | hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal |
hand brake
emergency
emergency brake
parking brake | a brake operated by hand, usually operates by mechanical linkage |
hydraulic brake
hydraulic brakes | brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder, brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
| power brake | a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle |
railroad track
railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway
railroad
railroad line
railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
| railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
| scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
| shooting brake | another name for a station wagon |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
| stoplight brake light | a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop |
conversion
transition
changeover | an event that results in a transformation |
| brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle |
| brake | an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant |
trainman
railroader
railroad man
railwayman
railway man | an employee of a railroad |
rock polypody
rock brake American wall fern
Polypodium virgianum | chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia |
bracken pasture brake
brake Pteridium aquilinum | large coarse fern often several feet high, essentially weed ferns, cosmopolitan |
Christmas fern
canker brake
dagger fern
evergreen wood fern Polystichum acrostichoides | North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds |
| rock brake | dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns |
American rock brake
American parsley fern
Cryptogramma acrostichoides | rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley |
cliff brake
cliff-brake
rock brake | any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions |
purple rock brake
Pellaea atropurpurea | very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes |
| brake | any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants |
spider brake
spider fern Pteris multifida | Asiatic fern introduced in America |
| brake | cause to stop by applying the brakes, brake the car before you go into a curve |
| brake | stop travelling by applying a brake, We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road |