continuous-braked

English

Adjective

continuous-braked (not comparable)

1. (rail transport) Having a number of vehicles fitted with air or vacuum brakes, all connected by train pipes, the braking being under the control of the train driver.
   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:

     Some goods trains have a third class carriage at the back, and as the whole train is continuous-braked, travelling is not uncomfortable.

Related terms

• fully-fitted