<P> A shooting - brake is a car body style that has evolved through several distinct meanings over its history . </P> <P> "Shooting - brake" originated as an early 19th century British term for a vehicle used to carry shooting parties with their equipment and game . The etymology of the term brake is uncertain; initially a chassis used to break in horses, and subsequently used to describe a motorized vehicle . It is also possible, that the word' brake' has its origins in the Dutch word' brik' which means' cart' or' carriage' . </P> <P> The term was later applied to custom - built wagons by high - end coachbuilders and subsequently became synonymous with station wagon or estate car . </P>

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