Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any brake applied by the action of a screw.
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Examples
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The strain was now taken by the windlass-barrel, controlled by a screw-brake, backed if necessary by a number of turns round the forward bitts.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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The strain came on the windlass, the chain tautened like a string, vibrated -- and the handle of the screw-brake moved in slight jerks.
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He was stooping forward, with his right hand at the screw-brake between his legs, and in his left hand he swung his heavy whip.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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