handbrake

See also: hand brake

English

Alternative forms

hand brake

Etymology

hand +‎ brake

Noun

handbrake (plural handbrakes)

(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
(mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) 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.

Synonyms

parking brake

Derived terms

handbrake turn

Translations

hand-operated brake in a car

Chinese:
Cantonese: 手掣 (sau² zai³)

Mandarin: 手剎／手刹 (shǒushā), 手剎車／手刹车 (zh) (shǒushāchē), 手閘／手闸 (shǒuzhá)
Danish: håndbremse
Dutch: handrem (nl) f
Finnish: käsijarru (fi), seisontajarru (fi)
French: frein à main (fr) m
German: Handbremse (de) f
Greek: χειρόφρενο (el) n (cheirófreno)
Hebrew: אמברקס‎ (he) m (ambreks)
Hungarian: kézifék (hu)
Icelandic: handbremsa f
Italian: freno a mano m
Japanese: ハンドブレーキ (handoburēki)
Luxembourgish: Handbrems f
Macedonian: рачна кочница f (račna kočnica)
Norwegian: håndbrekk n
Persian: ترمز دستی‎ (fa) (tormoz dasti)
Polish: hamulec ręczny m
Portuguese: freio de mão m
Russian: ручно́й то́рмоз m (ručnój tórmoz), ручни́к (ru) m (ručník) (colloquial)
Spanish: freno de mano m
Swedish: handbroms (sv) c
Tagalog: kamay-pigil
Turkish: el freni (tr)

Verb

handbrake (third-person singular simple present handbrakes, present participle handbraking, simple past and past participle handbraked)

To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.

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