2. (loan) (noun) brake.
I te rerenga o te kaiwhakahaere ki te pereki kāhore i mau (TP 1/1904:7). / When the operator pulled on the brake, it didn’t hold.
3. (loan) (noun) brake van – a railway coach or vehicle from which the train’s brakes can be controlled.
Kotahi pereki pīkau i ō mātau kākahu pouaka (TJ 8/2/1898:3). / One brake van carried our boxes of clothes.
