communication cord BrE
emergency cord AmE

The communication cord was pulled just as we got to the outskirts of Paris.

And on the second train from Oxford they pulled the communication cord to try to avoid us.

He once pulled the communication cord on the Manchester train so that his players could get some food.

Sylvia stood up and looked for the communication cord.

Overhead is a communication cord, as in a train.

The officer at once pulled the communication cord, and the train was brought to a Standstill.

She noted the exact position of the communication cord.

In a fit of panic, North pulls the communication cord and jumps off the train.

The man opposite me yanks the communication cord, and we lurch to a halt.

I'd have said somebody pulled the communication cord, except we don't have one."

The communication cord is pulled and the train stops - along the sea wall in Dawlish.

Passenger trains usually have emergency brake handles (or a "communication cord") that the public can operate.

The play, "The Communication Cord," was not well received.

The youngest child of the American family - his name's Ben -pulls the communication cord while he's sitting on the lavatory.

Inside the compartment was a red-colored telephone handset with communications cords and several unmarked buttons.

The god Hephaestus actually takes an alarmed step back, acciden-tally pulling tight the communications cord between them.

"Sir," said Sylvia coldly, "if you speak to me again I shall be obliged to pull the communication cord."

Stroudley was also a pioneer in the introduction of dynamo-driven electric lighting and communication cords.

The other warder, unable to get to the window to help his colleague, was making vain efforts to stop the train by pulling the communication cord.

The continuous vacuum brake and internal communication cord were introduced by the railway, gaining Board of Trade approval in 1893.

It amazes me that the fine for moving a seat reservation card is actually more that the one for pulling the communication cord.

Communication cords?'

In 1892, the non-automatic brake finally disappeared and in 1896 Stone's patent electric train lighting was introduced, along with communication cords.

The Communication Cord (1982)

Mistakenly identifying the communication cord as the emergency brake can lead to confusion about how emergency braking works on US trains.

I had to pull the emergency cord and get off the train.

"But someone used the emergency cord, and stopped the train."

The soldiers did own up to pulling the emergency cord without good reason.

"At the age of 45, I pulled the emergency cord and got off the train," he wrote years later.

An officer allegedly pulled the emergency cord as a joke.

He pulls the emergency cord to stop the train, but nobody believes him.

With his free hand, the killer reached up and yanked the emergency cord which ran through the car.

United States federal law requires that in facilities with emergency cords, the system must work properly.

You know you've got one last chance to do the job right, to pull the emergency cord and hope the chute opens.

'What, so you can get in there and pull the emergency cord?

To begin with, he pulled the emergency cord on the train, stopping it in the freight yards just outside the station.

They get confused and pull the emergency cord.

"Someone pulled an emergency cord, which activated the emergency brakes," he said.

"But if your train is between stations and someone aboard becomes ill, do not pull the emergency cord.

It is almost always a bad idea to pull the emergency cord when a train is between stations, because doing so delays getting help.

Usually the problem is human failures, like fights between passengers or pranksters pulling the emergency cord.

The victim pulled the emergency cord, stopping the train as it rolled into the 77th Street station.

Pull emergency cord; this will stop train.

For those living independently, the emergency cord is supplemental to other means for summoning help.

Ultimately, a terrified Joe pulls the train's emergency cord, abruptly stopping the train in the process.

It seems that one of them, during the throes of passion, accidentally pulled the emergency cord above the bed.

He then pulled the emergency cord.

Sarah drops the bearded nurse and gently takes the emergency cord and puts it out of reach.

Her train, called the Freedom Special, was 22 hours late because men at each station pulled the emergency cord, and begged her to speak.

They'd pull the emergency cord.