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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A separate brake system in a vehicle used to prevent the vehicle from rolling when it is parked and in case of failure of the regular brakes.
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- noun A
brake in avehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
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