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Emergency brake

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 [...]."

  2. 2
    a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage wordnet
  3. 3
    A parking brake. dated

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