foot brake

Historical Examples of foot brake

• "I'll try," returned the youth, and jammed down the foot-brake as hard as he could.

  Dave Porter At Bear Camp

  Edward Stratemeyer

• Every time he touched the foot-brake, she could feel the strain in the tendons of her own ankle.

  Free Air

  Sinclair Lewis

• Only it turned out to be the foot-brake after all, and we stopped dead, and skidded into a ditch.

  Mike

  P. G. Wodehouse

• The foot-brake was already down, and from the rear wheels came a shrill squeaking, as the bands gripped the hubs.

  Dave Porter and the Runaways

  Edward Stratemeyer

• 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