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Freewheel

A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes operated by back pedaling...


Bracken

A brake or fern...


Brake

imp of Break...


brakes

the combination of interacting parts that work to slow a moving vehicle...


Braky

Full of brakes abounding with brambles shrubs or ferns rough thorny...


Coccosphere

A small rounded marine organism capable of braking up into coccoliths...


handbrake

a brake operated by hand used to stop a vehicle or keep it stationary it usually operates by a mechanical linkage...


Handwheel

Any wheel worked by hand esp one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve car brake or other part is adjusted...


Bicycles

Bicycles. The use of these and similar machines, formerly regulated by byelaws made by local authorities under the (English) Highways Act of 1878, and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, is regulated by s. 85 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888, which repeals all Acts empowering byelaws to be made on the subject, declares bicycles, etc., to be 'carriage within the meaning of the (English) Highway Acts' (see especially s. 78 of the Highway Act, 1835); but see Simpson v. Teignmouth, etc., Bridge Co., (1903) 1 KB 405, and in addition provides that cyclists must carry lamps between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, and must give warning of their approach by bell or whistle. The Road Traffic Act, 1934, makes provisions as to red reflectors and a white surface in order to exempt bicyclists from having to shew a red rear light under (English)Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927, s. 5 [see (English) Pedal Cycles (White Surface) Provisional Regulations, 1934, 18 October,...


Filicetum

Filicetum [fr. filex, Lat., fern-brake], brackie land, land where ferns grow, Co. Litt. 4....


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