brake pipe

English

Noun

brake pipe (plural brake pipes)

  1. Alternative form of brakepipe.
    • 1958 July, “German Railbuses for German Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501:
      The railbuses are equipped with automatic compressed air disc brakes; in the event of failure causing reduced pressure in the brake pipe, the brakes are automatically operated.
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