emergency brake
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emergency brake
n.
See parking brake.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
emer′gency brake`
n.
a hand- or pedal-operated brake used to prevent a motor vehicle from rolling, esp. after it has been parked.
[1895–1900]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() brake - a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle automotive vehicle,motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
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Translations
ruční brzda
håndbremse
hätäjarrukäsijarru
ručna kočnica
ハンドブレーキ
수동 브레이크
handbroms
เบรคมือ
phanh tay
emergency brake
→فَرْمَلَةُ يَدّ ruční brzda håndbremseHandbremseχειρόφρενοfreno de mano käsijarrufrein à main ručna kočnicafreno a mano ハンドブレーキ 수동 브레이크handremhåndbremsręczny hamulecfreio de mão,travão de mãoручной тормоз handbroms เบรคมือel freni phanh tay手闸Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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Staff on the northbound Lowlander service activated the train'semergency brake to bring it to a halt several hundred yards past the platform on Thursday.
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The new Eado 2019 sedan is fitted with many advanced driving systems, including antilock brake system,emergency brake assist system, forewarning of front collision, smart cruise system, stability control system, hill-start assist control system and tire pressure monitoring system.
All that the motorman can do is blow the horn and pull theemergency brake. It takes a train up to eighteen football fields to completely stop.
He suddenly appliedemergency brake and stopped the train at a few meters distance from the toppled tree.
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