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coaster brake

noun

  1. a brake on the hub of the rear wheel of freewheel bicycles, operated by back pressure on the pedals.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coaster brake1

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

The transmission H consists of a bicycle coaster-brake hub, shown in detail in Fig. 2.

The arrangement of the coaster-brake hub produces the same effect as a coaster brake on a bicycle.

Cost me twenty-one dollars, and it's got puncture-proof tires and a real coaster brake.

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