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air brake: Meaning and Definition of
air' brake"
Pronunciation: [key]
- a brake or system of brakes operated by compressed air.
- a device for reducing the air speed of an aircraft by increasing its drag.
- a device for stopping the sails of a windmill by disrupting the flow of air around them.
See also:
- airbrake (Thesaurus)
