Brake
(1) A block of wood or iron faced with leather or india-rubber pressed by a lever at will upon the tyre. Its application to coaches was devised by a Mr. Tongue about 1824. Its original name was a "Coach Retarder," but long before that some contrivance in the nature of a brake had been used on trollies in coal-mines. (2) A large, high-set four-wheeled open carriage, with a straight body, and a cross seat in front for the driver.