brakeload

noun

Etymology

From brake + load.

  1. derived from *leyt-
  2. inherited from *laidō
  3. inherited from lād
  4. inherited from lode
  5. compounded as brakeload — “brake + load

Definitions

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

    • When it was a village or a country town that he visited, all the countryside sent its brakeloads of eager hearers.

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