caliper brake
noun
A type of rim-brake, chiefly used on bicycles, which consists of a pair of arms straddling the wheel and pivoting at the top, and is applied by an inward movement of the arms till the brake pads grip the wheel rim from either side.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Cycling.
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