Dictionary

parking brake en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A brake in a vehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill or being pushed away.
   • RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able to be released from the RRV. Washers to provide a clamping force to keep the parking brakes on were also missing, rendering them "completely inoperative". 2024 February 7, Greg Morse, “Tebay tragedy and track safety”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 41:
   • A hand parking brake operated from the adjacent cab is connected by rigging to the inner pair of wheels. 1960 April 14, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239:

Forms

Synonyms

handbrake

Translations (18)

sv parkeringsbroms (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · ko 사이드 브레이크 (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · pl hamulec postojowy (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · el χειρόφρενο (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · ru стоя́ночный то́рмоз (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · ja 駐車ブレーキ (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · de Feststellbremse (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · ja サイドブレーキ (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · fi käsijarru (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · ko 주차 브레이크 (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · fr frein de parking (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · cmn 駐車制動 /驻车制动 (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · fi seisontajarru (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · ja パーキングブレーキ (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · fr frein à main (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · it freno di parcheggio (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · fr frein de stationnement (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) · no parkeringsbrems (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention)