Meanings
plural parking brakes
- A brake in a vehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill or being pushed away.
A hand parking brake operated from the adjacent cab is connected by rigging to the inner pair of wheels.
1960 April 28, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 2391 more example
RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able to be released from the RRV. Washers to provide a clamping force to keep the parking brakes on were also missing, rendering them "completely inoperative".
2024 February 7, Greg Morse, “Tebay tragedy and track safety”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 41Synonyms: handbrake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brake in a vehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill or being pushed away.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 駐車制動 /驻车制动
- 駐車制動 /驻车制动 (zhùchē zhìdòng)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Finnish seisontajarru, käsijarru
- seisontajarrubrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
- käsijarrubrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
French frein de stationnement, frein de parking
- frein de stationnementbrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
- frein de parkingbrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
- frein à mainbrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
German Feststellbremse
- Feststellbremsebrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Greek χειρόφρενο
- χειρόφρενο (cheirófreno)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Italian freno di parcheggio
- freno di parcheggiobrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Japanese パーキングブレーキ, サイドブレーキ
- パーキングブレーキ (pākingu burēki)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
- サイドブレーキ (saido burēki)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
- 駐車ブレーキ (chūsha-burēki)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Korean 주차 브레이크, 사이드 브레이크
- 주차 브레이크 (jucha beureikeu)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
- 사이드 브레이크 (saideu beureikeu)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Norwegian parkeringsbrems
- parkeringsbremsbrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Polish hamulec postojowy
- hamulec postojowybrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Russian стоя́ночный то́рмоз
- стоя́ночный то́рмоз (stojánočnyj tórmoz)brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Swedish parkeringsbroms
- parkeringsbromsbrake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention
Cite this entry
parking brake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parking%20brake
“parking brake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parking%20brake. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parking brake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parking%20brake.
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