handbrake
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handbrake
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From hand + brake.
noun handbrakes · hand brake
- 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.
- 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.
Similar: parking brake
verb handbrakes · handbraking · handbraked · hand brake
- To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
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noun
Similar: parking brake
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noun hand-operated brake in a car
| Español | freno de mano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 핸드브레이크 haendeubeureikeu |
| 日本語 | ハンドブレーキ handoburēki |
| 中文 | 手剎 /手刹 shǒushā, 手剎車 /手刹车 shǒushāchē, 手閘 /手闸 shǒuzhá |
| Português | freio de mão, travão de mão |
| Français | frein à main |
| Deutsch | Handbremse |
| Italiano | freno a mano |
| Ελληνικά | χειρόφρενο cheirófreno |
| Русский | ручно́й то́рмоз ručnój tórmoz, ручни́к ručník |
| עברית | אמברקס ambreks |
Talk about this word "handbrake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/handbrake. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. handbrake. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/handbrake "handbrake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/handbrake.Cite this
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title = {handbrake},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handbrake},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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