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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A valve by which the brakes of a continuous train-brake may be released. In early forms the brakes were let off by releasing pressure in the trainpipe. In automatic brakes the pressure must be let off the brake-cylinder and the triple valve be thrown, or else the brakes go on again. See
air-brake and triple valve.
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