Meaning Of The Word Westinghouse brake

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Westinghouse brake in American English
a railroad air brake operated by compressed air

Westinghouse brake in British English
noun: a braking system, invented by Westinghouse in 1872 and adopted by US railways, in which the brakes are held off by compressed air in the operating cylinder: controlled leakage of the air or a disruptive emergency causes the brakes to be applied. The syste

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