Brakeful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

    "Once she had been like some spirited young horse, dragging a brakeful of people to happiness. But of late she had felt their weight."

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brakeload

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"Once she had been like some spirited young horse, dragging a brakeful of people to happiness. But of late she had felt their weight."

Etymology

From brake + -ful.

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