Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BRAKE, n. [See Break.]

1. An instrument or machine to break flax or hemp.
2. The handle or lever by which a pump is worked; that is brac, brachium, an arm.
3. A baker's kneading trough.
4. A sharp bit, or snaffle.
5. A machine for confining refractory horses while the smith is shoeing them. – Johnson.
6. That part of the carriage of a movable battery, or engine which enables it to turn. – Farifax.
7. A large heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; called also a drag.
8. A something that is or may be used to stop the motion of a body.