parkingn.
/ˈpɑːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑrkɪŋ/ a. Originally: the action of fencing in animals in a park or pasture. Later usually: (Scottish) the action of enclosing land as pasture. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > gamekeeping > [noun] > enclosing beasts in park
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1451 J. Fastolf in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 132 Rychard Conerey bokes most be sought of dyuers yeeres for costes and dammages of parkyng of my sheepe at Saxthorp.
?c1510 in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 82 If he dunge it with parkinge of shepe or of bests, he to have ijs. viijd. for evry acre.
1600 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 228/1 As it wes befoir the ryving out or parking thairof.
a1609 J. Milwarde Jacobs Great Day (1610) sig. I4v The parking in of beasts, and the depopulating Townes, to shut out Christians.
1676 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 226 [The Act of 1669] is for encouragement of parking.
1703 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1824) XI. App. 12 In Favours of his Parking and Policy.
b. U.S. regional. The action of putting strips of lawn down the centre or along the side of the streets of a city. Cf. sense 2b. Obsolete.
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1875 Appletons' Jrnl. Sept. 412/2 Six or seven years ago Congress authorized the parking of the centre of the streets.
1884 Cent. Mag. Mar. 649 In Washington..the streets were wide enough to permit this without sacrificing any private property, and the system of ‘parking’ thus became the rule, and not the exception.
2. † a. Land enclosed as a park or pasture; ground laid out as a park. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > large ornamental grounds > ground laid out in style of
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1666 Corshill Baron-Court Bk. in Archæol. & Hist. Coll. Ayr & Wigton (1884) IV. 72 Or cutting any broome..in or about the saidis yairds or parking.
1885 Johns Hopkins Hist. Stud. 3rd Ser. Mar. 109 Spaces were left for a market-place, court-house green and parking for the palace.
b. U.S. An area of turf, with or without trees, in the centre of a street or intersection, or in front of a building. Also: (regional, chiefly north-western and north Midland) a strip of grass between the pavement and the kerb. See also parking strip n. at Compounds 2.
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1873 G. W. Howard Monumental City 365 The parking then completed amounted to nearly six hundred thousand yards.
1888 H. Gannett in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 382/2 In some cases, similar parking has been left in the middle of the streets.
1893 Congress. Rec. 17 Feb. 1895/2 It is not an usual thing to find parking around manufacturing establishments in the heart of cities.
1918 Bull. Idaho Agric. Exper. Station No. 105. 46 If necessary to place the poles in the parking they should be set next to the walks and painted green.
a1944 W. A. White Autobiogr. (1946) xiii. 98 Elm trees and cottonwoods were on the parking.
1969 Better Homes & Gardens Apr. 85/1 They look best when used in a formal manner, such as in pairs on front parkings or equally spaced along property lines.
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1744 H. Brooke Love & Vanity in E. Moore Fables 161 Then all for parking, and parading, Coquetting, dancing, masquerading.
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a. The placing or leaving of a vehicle or vehicles in a car park or other designated area, at the side of a road, etc. Also: space reserved or used for the parking of motor vehicles (frequently with modifying word). Also in extended use.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > parking
double-banking1903
car parking1915
parking1916
double-parking1931
overparking1938
parallel parking1962
1916 [see parking space n. at Compounds 1].
1926 Rep. Commissioner Police Metropolis 1925 17 in Parl. Papers (Cmd. 2660) XV. 239 Parking of Cars.—The arrangements tentatively made by Police for parking cars on certain highways have been given statutory effect.
1961 Product Engin. 14 Aug. 34/1 Additional symbols of status are granted, such as reserved parking.
1977 ‘M. Underwood’ Fatal Trip i. 7 A re-arrangement of her domestic routine including the parking of Simon on a good-natured neighbour.
1996 Independent 23 Aug. i. 7/2 The survey also found that concert-goers can be as concerned about matters such as parking and catering as the musical programme.
b. slang (originally U.S.). Among young people: amorous activity, originally on the dance floor, later esp. in a parked car; kissing, caressing, ‘making out’.
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1922 Philadelphia Evening Bull. 8 Mar. 9/4 Necking—dancing with cheeks together, also known as ‘parking’.
1922 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. 4/1 ‘Parking,’ he said, ‘is when a couple takes the floor to dance and then stop [sic] dancing. They simply stay on the one spot all through the dance. There are any number of variations on this.’
1956 in Marriage & Family Living 18 140 Once a boy took me parking and I made him take me right home.
1991 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 5 Jan. 6/3 He decided he wanted to go parking.
c. Finance (originally U.S.). The practice of putting one's shares in the name of another party, to conceal one's ownership of them. Cf. park v. 4h.
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1983 Fortune 10 Jan. 54/3 Parking enabled it to manipulate the origin of its profits so that the excess would be shifted to Nassau and taxed at the lower U.S. rate.
1987 Observer 22 Mar. 33 SEC investigations are said to centre on the ‘parking’ of substantial tranches of the stock. with the Los Angeles-based..broking concern.
1997 R. C. Smith & I. Walter Global Banking xi. 330 Regulations against market rigging, insider trading, ‘stock parking’, account churning, and ‘front-running’ vary considerably between the major countries.
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C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 4a).
parking fee n.
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1928 Times 11 May 20/1 All in one for £21 including parking fee.
1993 Chicago Tribune 29 May i. 12/4 Cycling in the Windy City has its drawbacks, but where's the glamour in traffic jams, exorbitant parking fees and wasteful fuel consumption.
parking fine n.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for violation of traffic regulations
parking fine1953
ticket fine1959
1953 Times 21 Aug. 5/2 Periodical battues by the police lead to a steady flow of parking fines.
1991 Independent 1 Nov. 7/1 A doubling of parking fines..and a tax on company car parking spaces were proposed yesterday as short-term measures to ease traffic congestion in London.
parking garage n.
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1948 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Feb. 10/2 There will undoubtedly be debates as to whether the commission should build and operate parking garages as public enterprises.
2001 Kerryman 11 Oct. 7/2 A multi-storey parking garage was also under inches of dust. Many of the cars still parked there will never be collected.
parking offence n.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > offence by driver of motor vehicle > specific
hit and run1924
hit-run1924
parking offence1937
1937 Times 11 Mar. 17/5 (heading) An early parking offence.
2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) 13 Aug. 10 What he obtains, if anything, is the non-issue of a parking infringement notice or issue of a summons for the parking offence.
parking place n.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place
car parking1915
parking space1916
parking place1922
parking area1925
stall1940
slot1944
parking bay1957
1922 Times 7 Sept. 10/6 Motorists are reminded that Cecil square, Margate, is not a public parking place.
1992 Bicycle Feb. 56/3 50,000 vehicles enter Bristol via the M32 every day, and then fight each other for parking places.
parking space n.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place
car parking1915
parking space1916
parking place1922
parking area1925
stall1940
slot1944
parking bay1957
1916 A. C. Piatt Friends of France 53 Next to this graveyard was a limited parking-space for the ambulances.
1995 Independent 9 Dec. (Mag.) 10/1 He was so rich, he bought his own parking space at the school.
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parking apron n. a flat paved surface for parking in front of a building, hangar, etc.; = apron n. 4m.
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > paved area
apron1925
ramp1930
parking apron1954
1954 C. Armstrong Better to eat You vi. 63 He..ran across the turn-around and the parking apron.
1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) viii. 90 She rested her hand on the dolphin knocker..and smiled at the striped grass beside the parking apron.
parking area n. an area set aside for parking vehicles, aircraft, etc.; also figurative.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place
car parking1915
parking space1916
parking place1922
parking area1925
stall1940
slot1944
parking bay1957
1925 Times 14 Apr. 8/5 A stairway would provide communication between the square and the parking area.
1994 Sci. Amer. Dec. 78/2 Place your vehicle in neutral on a smooth, level parking area with the engine off.
parking attendant n. (a) a person employed in a car park, esp. one who parks other people's vehicles for them; (b) = traffic warden n. at traffic n. Compounds 2.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > person who controls traffic > traffic warden
parking attendant1927
traffic warden1928
brown bomber1953
parking warden1966
1927 Times 12 Oct. 11/5 The car was left with the engine running after a chase by a parking attendant.
1973 A. Mann Tiara ix. 87 He handed the Maserati over to a parking attendant of the Automobile Club.
2002 Daily Tel. 8 Aug. 6/5 Motorists may be able to challenge parking fines if parking attendants do not wear their hats when they issue tickets.
parking bay n. a recess at the side of a road for parking a vehicle; (also) the space allocated to a single vehicle in a parking area.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place
car parking1915
parking space1916
parking place1922
parking area1925
stall1940
slot1944
parking bay1957
1957 Times 30 Nov. 3/2 A dustcart could use a parking bay without charge.
1976 T. Heald Let Sleeping Dogs Die viii. 167 The van ahead berthed in a parking bay.
1991 Flight Internat. 9 Oct. 42/1 The pressure on aircraft parking bays..obliges Cathay to overnight around 10% of its fleet outside Hong Kong permanently.
parking brake n. a brake on a motor vehicle or trailer for holding it at rest, a handbrake.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > brake or braking apparatus > to hold vehicle at rest
parking brake1924
1924 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. 25/1 The Oakland provides an efficient parking brake, which operates on the drive shaft, just back of the transmission.
1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey Driving Instructor's Handbk. (ed. 8) vi. 175 The parking brake or handbrake is a separate braking system from the footbrake.
parking deck n. a floor of a building used as a parking place for vehicles; (also) a multi-storey car park.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place > area where caravans may be parked > floor of a building
parking deck1955
1955 Times 16 Sept. 13/6 They are planning to introduce a parking deck for over 100 cars.
1998 Indianapolis Star 18 Sept. a16 (advt.) The Castleton store has been expanded..and a new parking deck has been constructed adding 275 spaces.
parking disc n. a device displayed on a vehicle to show its arrival time in a parking area, or to otherwise confirm that it is legitimately parked.
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1958 Times 8 Apr. 2/7 Advocates of the parking disc as an inexpensive and more effective alternative to the meter.
1960 Economist 9 Apr. 193/3 A parking disc is a device a driver himself displays on his vehicle to show the time he arrived or the time he ought to leave a parking area, or both times.
parking lamp n. = parking light n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > other exterior lights
side lamp1780
brake light1853
running light1863
spotlight1875
rear lamp1884
spotlamp1900
sidelight1906
parking lamp1926
parking light1927
reversing lamp1927
stop light1930
pass light1938
pass lamp1948
stop lamp1959
parker1967
1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 1134/1 Motor lamps..parking lamp... Burns very small amount of current.
2002 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 8 Aug. 15 Many cars were either driving with no lights at all or with parking lamps only.
parking light n. a small light on either side of the front or rear of a motor vehicle, highlighting the position and width of the vehicle when parked at night (usually in plural).
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > other exterior lights
side lamp1780
brake light1853
running light1863
spotlight1875
rear lamp1884
spotlamp1900
sidelight1906
parking lamp1926
parking light1927
reversing lamp1927
stop light1930
pass light1938
pass lamp1948
stop lamp1959
parker1967
1927 Times 7 Apr. 2/5 (advt.) Headlights, rigid side curtain, parking lights, spot light.
2000 J. M. Gray Gift for Little Master 2 Brake lights flash red, parking lights shine white.
parking lot n. originally U.S. a plot of ground used for the parking of vehicles.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place > area where caravans may be parked > open ground used for
parking lot1924
1924 H. Croy R.F.D. No. 3 172 Some of the people still lingered under the arc light, with its summer collection of bugs still in it, waiting for the two to come from the parking lot.
1995 Sat. Night June 25/3 Broad, picturesque lawns have been converted into parking lots, including the one in front of the Ministry of Culture.
2002 New Yorker 2 Sept. 124/2 By 1 P.M. all the New England-bound travellers..were about to find two of the principal northbound routes blocked, and..by 2:15 P.M. a third—the northbound New York State Thruway—was a parking lot, too.
parking meter n. originally U.S. a coin-operated meter next to a parking space in a street, which upon payment authorizes a driver to park a vehicle in the space for a specified length of time.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > parking meter
parking meter1936
meter1960
1935 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 33/3 (heading) Curb-parking meter times autoist's stay.]
1936 Amer. City Jan. 95/3 In July..there came to the attention of the officials in Dallas a device known as the parking meter.
1995 A. Tyler Ladder of Years ix. 157 Sometimes Mr. Pomfret ordered Delia to go out and feed the parking meter for a client.
parking orbit n. an orbit around the earth or other body in which a space vehicle is temporarily placed, e.g. before being launched further into space.
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society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > course or trajectory of spacecraft > orbiting > types of orbit
parking orbit1941
polar orbit1956
transfer orbit1961
Molniya orbit1981
1941 R. Heinlein in Astounding Sci.-fiction Aug. 76/1 Approaching Earth, he called over the patrol frequency and asked for a parking orbit, as he did not wish to set the Chili down on Earth.
1998 Mod. Astronomer Mar. 47/1 All additional milestones were achieved on schedule.., culminating in attainment of a successful ‘parking orbit’ around the Earth at an altitude of 200 kilometres.
parking permit n. originally U.S. (a) an area in which parking is allowed (rare); (b) a document, card, sticker, for display in a vehicle, showing permission to park in a certain area has been granted (now the principal use).
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1927 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Daily Gaz. 18 Mar. 4/1 The last time I was in Greenville I did not know about those splendid parking permits.
1933 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 23 May 11/6 (advt.) Free Parking Permit for Out-of-Town Visitors on Zanesville Day Wed., May 24, 1933.
2002 Independent 12 June 16/5 If and when the congestion charge is enacted, there will suddenly be far more cars qualifying for parking permits in Camden and Westminster than at present.
parking stall n. North American a marked-out parking space.
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1925 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 25 Apr. 2/5 It will soon be necessary to repaint the parking stall lines on the main streets.
1991 Dispatch (Gilroy, Calif.) 26 July c1/1 Some cities require an unrealistic number of off-street parking stalls.
parking strip n. U.S. regional (chiefly north-western) an area, usually covered with grass, at the side of a road between the pavement and the kerb.
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1904 N.Y. Times 7 June 9/1 On either side will be a parking strip thirty feet wide, planted with tress and shrubs.
1944 Yank 21 July 2 Then slower, without stopping, we turned and taxied to a parking strip.
2003 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 36 A fast-growing willow is in the parking strip.
parking system n. U.S. Obsolete rare a system or series of grassed parking strips.
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1888 Appleton's Cycl. Amer. Biogr. IV. 578/1 In 1871 he [sc. F. L. Olmsted] urged..the so-called ‘parking system’ for the broad streets of Washington.
parking tag n. U.S. = parking ticket n.; (also) a parking permit.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > ticket issued to illegally parked vehicle
parking tag1921
parking ticket1921
1921 News (Frederick, Maryland) 23 Nov. 4/1 (headline) Tore up parking tag. Harry Deater, incensed, throws it into street.
2003 Greenville (S. Carolina) News 22 July 2B The number of Riverside High School student parking spaces will shrink by about 100 and the cost of a parking tag will triple this year.
parking ticket n. (a) a parking permit; (b) originally U.S. a notice imposing a fine for illegal parking, typically written by a traffic warden and attached to the windscreen of a vehicle.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > ticket issued to illegally parked vehicle
parking tag1921
parking ticket1921
1921 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 30 July 6/3 (advt.) Autos, with parking ticket, 25c.
1927 N.Y. Times 4 Sept. 17/6 (headline) Judge gets parking ticket to appear in his own court.
1947 Denver Post 2 Mar. A1/2 Parking tickets no longer could be fixed.
1994 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 15 Jan. a1/2 City parking officials plan to use a collection agency to wake up scofflaws who ignore piles of parking tickets.
1997 M. Groening et al. Simpsons: Compl. Guide 64/2 Hey, I hear you validate parking tickets without purchase.
parking warden n. = traffic warden n. at traffic n. Compounds 2.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > person who controls traffic > traffic warden
parking attendant1927
traffic warden1928
brown bomber1953
parking warden1966
1966 P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 51 This sentinel your chariot will keep Till Parking Wardens, roused up from their sleep, Espy the yellow in the monster's face, And mark the car, with symbol of disgrace.
1997 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 3/3 If the adjacent parking space is occupied, and the time on the meter has expired, the MeterVision sends a message using a built-in cellular phone to the nearest parking warden.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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