handbrake en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From hand + brake.
Meanings
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A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
On arrival at Spiez, the locomotive (No. 206) was immediately uncoupled and drew ahead to enable an Italian through coach from Interlaken to Milan to be loose shunted (with passengers aboard and controlled by means of its handbrake) on to the front of the train.
1953 August, J. G. Click, “The Lötschberg Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 515:
- The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hand brake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| handbrakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
handbrake turn · release the handbrake
Synonyms
Translations (47)
yue 手掣 (hand-operated brake in a car) · is handbremsa (hand-operated brake in a car) · ja ハンドブレーキ (hand-operated brake in a car) · acw جَلَنْط (hand-operated brake in a car) · de Handbremse (hand-operated brake in a car) · cmn 手剎車 /手刹车 (hand-operated brake in a car) · nn handbrekk (hand-operated brake in a car) · fi käsijarru (hand-operated brake in a car) · fo hondbremsa (hand-operated brake in a car) · lb Handbrems (hand-operated brake in a car) · ca fre de mà (hand-operated brake in a car) · nb håndbrekk (hand-operated brake in a car) · nan-hbl 手擋 /手挡 (hand-operated brake in a car) · fi seisontajarru (hand-operated brake in a car) · nn handbremse (hand-operated brake in a car) · sv handbroms (hand-operated brake in a car) · nb håndbremse (hand-operated brake in a car) · tr el freni (hand-operated brake in a car) · tl kamay-pigil (hand-operated brake in a car) · fy hânrem (hand-operated brake in a car) · pl hamulec ręczny (hand-operated brake in a car) · cmn 手閘 /手闸 (hand-operated brake in a car) · pt travão de mão (hand-operated brake in a car) · el χειρόφρενο (hand-operated brake in a car) · da håndbremse (hand-operated brake in a car) · is handhemill (hand-operated brake in a car) · no håndbrekk (hand-operated brake in a car) · ru ручно́й то́рмоз (hand-operated brake in a car) · he אמברקס (hand-operated brake in a car) · nb handbremse (hand-operated brake in a car) · fa ترمز دستی (hand-operated brake in a car) · nl handrem (hand-operated brake in a car) · nb handbrems (hand-operated brake in a car) · hu kézifék (hand-operated brake in a car) · ko 핸드브레이크 (hand-operated brake in a car) · cmn 手剎 /手刹 (hand-operated brake in a car) · it freno a mano (hand-operated brake in a car) · fr frein à main (hand-operated brake in a car) · pt freio de mão (hand-operated brake in a car) · bn হাত ব্রেক (hand-operated brake in a car) · nb handbrekk (hand-operated brake in a car) · ru ручни́к (hand-operated brake in a car) · nn handbrems (hand-operated brake in a car) · es freno de mano (hand-operated brake in a car) · nb håndbrems (hand-operated brake in a car) · mk рачна кочница (hand-operated brake in a car) · cy brêc llaw (hand-operated brake in a car)