- Bushman’s bread - More moist - Simple bush bread - That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable
plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to
check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a
pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism,
to check some action at a particular time.