Meanings
plural emergency brakes
- A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
At 0725, the driver operated the emergency brakes to no immediate effect. [...] As the train passed through Platform 11 at around 30mph, the train manager realised there was a problem and applied the emergency brake, bringing the train to a stand [...].
2020 June 17, Andrew Roden, “Brake pipe issue prompted Caledonian Sleeper runaway”, in Rail, page 12 - datedautomotiveA parking brake.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech záchranná brzda
- záchranná brzdatype of brake
Danish nødbremse
- nødbremsetype of brake
Dutch noodrem
- noodremtype of brake
Estonian hädapidur
- hädapidurtype of brake
Finnish hätäjarru
- hätäjarrutype of brake
French signal d'alarme
- signal d'alarmetype of brake
German Notbremse
- Notbremsetype of brake
Hungarian vészfék
- vészféktype of brake
Norwegian Bokmål nødbrems
- nødbremstype of brake
Russian стоп-кран
- стоп-кран (stop-kran)type of brake
Swedish nödbroms
- nödbromstype of brake
Turkish imdat freni
- imdat frenitype of brake
Cite this entry
emergency brake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20brake
“emergency brake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20brake. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emergency brake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emergency%20brake.
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