Transportation

• Brake
  Brake
  A brake is a mechanical device which inhibits motion. Its opposite component is a clutch. The rest of this article is dedicated to various types of vehicular brakes....
  
  , a device for slowing or stopping the motion of a machine
• Brake (railway)
  Brake (railway)
  Brakes are used on the cars of railway trains to enable deceleration, control acceleration or to keep them standing when parked. While the basic principle is familiar from road vehicle usage, operational features are more complex because of the need to control multiple linked carriages and to be...
  
  
• Brake (carriage)
  Brake (carriage)
  A brake , was a horse-drawn carriage used in the nineteenth and early 20th centuries in the training of horses for draft work...
  
  , a derelict wagon or carriage used as a drag to slow up or steady horses in training for draft work, see shooting-brake
  Shooting-brake
  Shooting-brake, shooting brake or shooting break is a term for a car body style that has evolved through several distinct meanings over its history....
  
  
  • Shooting-brake
    Shooting-brake
    Shooting-brake, shooting brake or shooting break is a term for a car body style that has evolved through several distinct meanings over its history....
    
    , originally a brake (as above) pressed into temporary service for transporting shooting parties and their equipment, later purpose built - see wagonette
    Wagonette
    A wagonette or an omnibus is a horse-drawn wagon for passenger transport. Two wooden benches along the right and left side of the wagon platform can hold several sitting people facing each other. The driver sits on a separate, front-facing bench.The term carried over to motorized vehicles...
    
     and later still a station wagon
    Station wagon
    A station wagon is a body style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door , instead of a trunk lid...
    
     and currently also used (originally as an absurdity) for a high speed variant of a station wagon.

Places

• Brake (Unterweser)
  Brake (Unterweser)
  Brake is the district seat of Wesermarsch district in the administrative region of Weser-Ems in Lower Saxony in northern Germany.-Geography:...
  
  , a city in Germany
• Brake, West Virginia
  Brake, West Virginia
  Brake is an unincorporated community on the South Fork South Branch Potomac River in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. The community is named for the family of early landowner Johann Jacob Brake who emigrated from southern Germany in the early 18th century. The town once included a sawmill,...
  
  
• Brake, a former independent city now incorporated into Lemgo
  Lemgo
  Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...
  
  , Germany

Music

• Brakes (band)
  Brakes (band)
  Brakes is a four member band from Brighton, England. The group formed in 2003. It consists of Eamon Hamilton , Thomas White , Marc Beatty , and Alex White .-Biography:Brakes formed in 2003, when Thomas White and Alex White of The Electric Soft Parade saw Eamon Hamilton perform...
  
  , the UK band (known in America as BrakesBrakesBrakes)
• The Brakes
  The Brakes
  The Brakes are a rock band formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 2002. The original five members were Zach Djanikian, Matt Kass, Derek Feinberg, Josh Sack, and Adam Flicker. In 2006, they performed at SXSW Showcase, as well as many festivals such as All Good, High Sierra and...
  
  , a modern rock band from Philadelphia
• Brakes, a 2008 single from the UK band Royworld
  Royworld
  Royworld are a British pop rock band formed in 2006, when songwriting brothers Rod and Crispin Futrille stuck up an advertisement on the college notice board. Robert Parkin and Timmy Miles met at St. Aidan's & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form in Harrogate, where their journey together began....
  
  

Other

• Brake, ferns of the genus Pteris
• Brake (sheet metal bending), a tool for bending sheet metal
• Brake (agriculture) an agricultural machine used to separate the woody parts of a plant from the fibre for textile crops such as hemp and flax
• Brake (surname)
  Brake (surname)
  Brake is a surname of English origin and may refer to:* Brian Brake , New Zealand photographer* Patricia Brake , English television actress* Tom Brake , British politician...
  
  
• Brake (charity)
  Brake (charity)
  Brake is a British national road safety charity. It is based in Huddersfield.-History:Brake was formed in 1995 by Mary Williams, following the death of her mother Sue Williams in 1992. Sue Williams was killed when her stationary car was hit by a 38 ton tanker with faulty brakes...
  
   a road safety charity
• Brake (film)
  Brake (film)
  Brake is a 2011 action film starring Stephen Dorff. It follows a Secret Service agent kidnapped and held captive in the trunk of a car, enduring mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.-Cast:...
  
  , a 2011 action film starring Stephen Dorff