Bremse

Etymology 1
From, borrowed from , from the verb , with further origin unclear.

Noun

 * 1) brake, device for causing deceleration
 * 2)  any kind of clamp that restricts movement
 * 3)  in particular, a twitch wherewith particularly in veterinary medicine body parts of a beast (face, testicles etc.) are pinched to perform surgical or similar operations

Etymology 2
From, borrowed from , from , from.

This form superseded High German, from , from. The form did exist in Old High German, but both the phonetic development and the attestations prove that it is not the direct source of the modern word.

Noun

 * 1) horsefly, breezefly, gadfly fly of the family Tabanidae