foot brake

noun

a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.

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Example sentences from the Web for foot brake

Only it turned out to be the foot-brake after all, and we stopped dead, and skidded into a ditch.
Mike|P. G. Wodehouse
She was running in neutral, the great car coasting, while she tried to slow it by jamming down the foot-brake.
Free Air|Sinclair Lewis
He had the foot-brake well down, and now he threw in the emergency as well.
Dave Porter At Bear Camp|Edward Stratemeyer
But he had hardly got under full headway before he shut off the gasoline and got busy with the foot-brake.
Motor Matt's Mystery|Stanley R. Matthews

"I'll try," returned the youth, and jammed down the foot-brake as hard as he could.
Dave Porter At Bear Camp|Edward Stratemeyer

British Dictionary definitions for foot brake

foot brake

noun

a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedalAlso called: pedal brake

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