brakeful

noun

Etymology

From brake + -ful.

  1. derived from braeke
  2. derived from braak
  3. derived from brake
  4. suffixed as brakeful — “brake + ful

Definitions

  1. Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

    • Once she had been like some spirited young horse, dragging a brakeful of people to happiness. But of late she had felt their weight.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA