communication cord


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communication cord

n
(Railways) Brit a cord or chain in a train which may be pulled by a passenger to stop the train in an emergency
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Translations
سِلْسِلَة إيقاف القِطار
záchranná brzda
vészfék
aîvörunarkeîja
záchranná brzda
imdat kolu

communication cord

n (Brit) (Rail) → segnale m d'allarme
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

communicate

(kəˈmjuːnikeit) verb
1. to tell (information etc). She communicated the facts to him.
2. to get in touch (with). It's difficult to communicate with her now that she has left the country.
comˌmuniˈcation noun
1. (an act, or means, of) conveying information. Communication is difficult in some remote parts of the country.
2. a piece of information given, a letter etc. I received your communication in this morning's post.
comˌmuniˈcations noun plural
means of sending messages or of transporting (eg troops and supplies).
comˈmunicative (-tiv) adjective
(negative uncommunicative) talkative; sociable. She's not very communicative this morning.
communication cord
a chain etc in a railway carriage, to be pulled in an emergency.
communiˈcations ˌsatellite noun
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I told him: "Newbury Races." He said: "This train doesn't stop at Newbury." I replied: "I will pull the communication cord at Newbury." He answered: "Pull it at Thatcham where the train slows down and I'll make sure you don't get fined!" | Point-to-point enthusiasts will be saddened to learn of the death of west Wales' Iwan Thomas.
So now it is the guard, and you will be left with no one but a communication cord and a driver who cannot help you.
Williams managed to pull the communication cord, and the train was stopped about 500 yards from Rainford.
Suspicious as to where their colleagues had gone, dining car supervisor Len Tappy and stewards Tommy Thomas and Michael Carey, also Holyhead -based, pulled the communication cord to stop the train.
Never dream of going by the gate." "You can't go pulling the communication cord every time you want a light from the fire-box!"
So the question is, "what's the deal with the cords?" The information we gave you in the article dates back to 2007 and applies to the initial lot of communications cords provided by Gentex that had the CEP wiring branch integrated into the helmet's communication cord. Unfortunately, this first lot of cords had a manufacturer defect and some of them found their way into the supply system.
You and I would have run screaming towards the nearest communication cord. At Heathrow the whole place would be evacuated and the man shot by marksmen.
The train had no corridors so the communication cord was pulled and he was taken to the medical staff in another compartment.

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