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Meaning of Handbrake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
  2. 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.

Equivalents

العربية فرملة اليد
Deutsch Handbremse Handbremshebel
Ελληνικά χειρόφρενο
Suomi käsijarru seisontajarru
Polski ręczny
Svenska handbroms

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

handbrake turn handbreadth handbuilding handcam Handcar handcare

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