emergency brake

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emergency brake (plural emergency brakes)

  1. A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
    • 2020 June 17, Andrew Roden, “Brake pipe issue prompted Caledonian Sleeper runaway”, in Rail, page 12:
      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. (automotive, dated) A parking brake.

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