Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit.
Gascoigne.
5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.
A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars.
J. Brende.
6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.