To apply a brake to; reduce the speed of; bruise, as flax.
To act as brakeman.
Imp. of BREAK, v.
A device for retarding motion, as of a wheel.
A harrow.
An implement for separating the fiber of flax, hemp, etc.
A variety of fern; bracken.
A thicket.
Here is moss, a great deal of it, of different kinds; and there is beautiful brake at the top, like plumes of feathers. – Melbourne House by Elizabeth Wetherell