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Emergency brake   /ɪmˈərdʒənsi breɪk/   Listen
Emergency brake

noun
1.
A brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage.  Synonyms: emergency, hand brake, parking brake.





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"Emergency brake" Quotes from Famous Books



... into the flat valley, and stopped with a grind of the emergency brake that caused the wheels to skid, ripping up the dust and gravel. For a moment in the jar and confusion we did not realize what had happened, then we saw a great locomotive lying on its side, and a line of Pullmans, sunk to the ...
— The Sleuth of St. James's Square • Melville Davisson Post


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