handbrake
A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand,…A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
» Where's the handbrake in this car?
Wo ist in diesem Auto die Handbremse?
Где в этой машине ручной тормоз?
Meaning
2 sensesA brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
Handbremse
ручно́й то́рмозručnój tórmoz, ручни́кručník
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.
Examples
8 sentencesWhere's the handbrake in this car?
ruГде в этой машине ручной тормоз?
deWo ist in diesem Auto die Handbremse?
The handbrake lever was just behind the gearstick.
Tom drove through town with his handbrake on, without noticing it.
deTom fuhr mit angezogener Handbremse durch die Stadt, ohne es zu merken.
Tom pulls the handbrake.
deTom zieht die Handbremse.
Tom pulled the handbrake.
deTom zog die Handbremse an.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From hand + brake.From hand + brake.
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