parking brake

noun

park·​ing brake ˈpär-kiŋ- How to pronounce parking brake (audio)

Examples of parking brake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Remain in the vehicle with your seat belt fastened, engine off, and parking brake set. Charles Ventura, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024 As Jane lifted her second foot off the ground, there was a click and then a shuttling sound, which must have been the parking brake coming somehow unhitched, maybe because of the weight that her body added to the car. Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024 Advice for this situation included slowing down and pulling off to the side of the road, turning off all lights including flashers, engaging the parking brake, taking your foot off the break pedal and staying n the vehicle with the seatbelt buckled until the storm passes. Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2024 Until repairs can be made, owners are advised to use the emergency parking brake after parking their vehicles. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for parking brake 

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Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parking brake was in 1924

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Cite this Entry

“Parking brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20brake. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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