n. the combination of interacting parts that work to slow a moving vehicle.
n. A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called
Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Rakehell, Ragabash. ] A vile, dissolute wretch. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Rake the instrument + stale a handle. ] The handle of a rake. [ 1913 Webster ]
That tale is not worth a rakestele. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]