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 The group reminds drivers always to set their parking brake when parking their vehicle. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024 Kia is advising its owners to use the emergency parking brake before exiting the vehicle until an official recall remedy is created. USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024 Kia says owners should manually engage the emergency parking brake before exiting until their cars are fixed. Rob Wile, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024 The buttons for the parking brake, lane keeping and sport mode are difficult to see and reach on the lower instrument panel over the driver’s left knee. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024 Dealers will properly adjust the parking brake, free of charge. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024 Damaged axle hub splines can result in a vehicle roll away when the vehicle is in park without the parking brake applied, or cause a loss of drive power. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024 The car also applied the parking brake while the four-way flashers remained active. Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2024 Ford reported that drivers may experience the unexpected activation of parking brakes while driving. Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023

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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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“Parking brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20brake. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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