Hand Brake (Noun)
Meaning
A brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She used the hand brake to hold the vehicle in place while adjusting her parking spot.
- Before leaving the vehicle unattended he always engages the hand brake.
- There is no risk of rolling with the hand brake properly engaged on the uphill slope.
- For his small work vehicle, an electronic parking system supplements but doesn't replace a conventional hand brake.
- Even an empty manual-shift trailer had been given an externally activated hand brake system as part of recent legislation for driver security and a specific operational enhancement to more practical unhitching at transport exchanges and destination reception or logistics facility dispatch handling accessways and trolleys locations..