Wiktionary
n. A brake control by foot, as opposed to hand brake.
WordNet
n. hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal
Usage examples of "foot brake".
He got in and slid behind the wheel and fingered the gear lever, and tested the clutch and the foot brake--not because he doubted them, but because he had a hankering to feel their smoothness of operation.
He abjured the effete practice of using the foot brake, and even the emergency brake he viewed as a device only for parking.
If he drove carefully and used the gears, he could manage without the foot brake.
Our tropical Rolls-Royce crunched to a stop with the aid of hand brake, foot brake, and first-gear compression.
With Killon beside him Kaelin eased off the foot brake and slapped the reins to the backs of the horses.
Dave stepped on the foot brake of the wheelchair and left the room.
Sue pressed her foot to the floor, trying to apply an imaginary foot brake as fence posts and other solid objects whizzed by the side windows.
At the same instant Barney closed the throttle, and threw all the weight of his body upon the foot brake.