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parking brake

NOUN
  1. a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

How To Use parking brake In A Sentence

  • If you do drive a car, DO NOT pull the emergency parking brake at a stoplight.
  • The chances of the pawl wearing excessively or shearing off are slim, but the parking brake still helps you avoid the threat of a car rolling away. When to Use the Parking Brake
  • Just gently pull a small chrome lever to apply the electronic parking brake.
  • It also had Renault's automatic parking brake, which sets itself when you switch off the engine and releases itself when you drive away.
  • In front of the second dicky are the aforementioned fuel tank selector, cowl flap, cabin heat and air controls and parking brake.
  • When you step on the brake pedal, fluid moves the rear shoes or pads (shoes on drum brakes, and pads on disk brakes), but when applying the parking brake, the pads or shoes are held by cables.
  • From the off position, the parking brake took six notches of its ratchet to be fully on.
  • Continuous brake system is an important one which is independent of main brake system and parking brake system.
  • As usual, I pulled the van in front of the aircraft, shifted the gearshift to park, engaged the parking brake, grabbed my tools, and exited the van.
  • In front of the second dicky are the aforementioned fuel tank selector, cowl flap, cabin heat and air controls and parking brake.
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