emergency brake

noun

1. Also called parking brake. a special brake used to prevent a motor vehicle from rolling after it has stopped or been parked.

2. any brake meant to stop a vehicle in an emergency.

Word History and Origins

Origin of emergency brake¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, The cause of the crash remains unknown.

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The brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, the investigators added.

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They witnessed history when their leader fulfilled a dream to play with his son, they reshaped their culture with one trade and pulled the emergency brake to get out of another.

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"The emergency brake downstream worked but clearly not the one on the cabin that was about to reach the top of the hill," he told Italian media on Thursday.

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"The emergency brake downstream worked but clearly not the one on the cabin that was about to reach the the top of the hill," he told Italian media.

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