dead man's handle

English

dead man's handle (plural dead man's handles)

A lever used as a safety device, typically on trains, which shuts off power if the operator releases their grip.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 103-104:
  There were two engine men in case one of them fainted or died, the 'dead man's handle' of the later Tubes (a fail-safe device that stops the train if the driver does not maintain manual pressure on a lever) not having been perfected.

单词	dead man's handle
释义	dead man's handle English Noun dead man's handle (plural dead man's handles) A lever used as a safety device, typically on trains, which shuts off power if the operator releases their grip. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 103-104: There were two engine men in case one of them fainted or died, the 'dead man's handle' of the later Tubes (a fail-safe device that stops the train if the driver does not maintain manual pressure on a lever) not having been perfected. References “dead man's handle” in the Collins English Dictionary “dead man's handle” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
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