parking brake

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nounAutomotive.

emergency brake.

Origin of parking brake

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First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use parking brake in a sentence

An automatic parking brake and front and rear bumper sensors should help prevent further mishaps.
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It took but a second to release the parking brake, and then the car rolled easily out of danger.
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