handbrake
noun
Elementary
1
A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
2
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.
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