emergency brake en · NOUN
Meanings
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A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
At 0725, the driver operated the emergency brakes to no immediate effect. [...] As the train passed through Platform 11 at around 30mph, the train manager realised there was a problem and applied the emergency brake, bringing the train to a stand [...].
2020 June 17, Andrew Roden, “Brake pipe issue prompted Caledonian Sleeper runaway”, in Rail, page 12:
- (dated) A parking brake.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emergency brakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
sv nödbroms (type of brake) · ru стоп-кран (type of brake) · tr imdat freni (type of brake) · se heahtegoazan (type of brake) · de Notbremse (type of brake) · sms jieʹttvaull (type of brake) · smn etikoosân (type of brake) · fr signal d'alarme (type of brake) · smn etikooccâm (type of brake) · cs záchranná brzda (type of brake) · fi hätäjarru (type of brake) · nl noodrem (type of brake) · et hädapidur (type of brake) · nb nødbrems (type of brake) · da nødbremse (type of brake) · hu vészfék (type of brake)