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parking stall
DCHP-2 (Mar 2014)
Spelling variants:parking stalls, parking-stall
n. — Alberta, Automotive
a single parking space in a parking lot.
Type: 5. Frequency — While the term parking stall is used in other countries, it is overwhelmingly dominant in Canada (see Chart 1). The term is specifically favoured in Alberta and is used far more frequently there than in any other province or territory (see Chart 2). This finding only roughly corresponds to the term's entry in the COD-2 where it is marked "Cdn (West) and US".
See also COD-2, s.v. "parking stall", marked "Cdn (West) and US".
See also COD-2, s.v. "parking stall", marked "Cdn (West) and US".
Quotations
1951
While she watched, her car rolled back from its parking stall and downhill. It missed two approaching vehicles, then slid neatly into another parking stall 100 yards down the street, without so much as nicking a fender of the machines on either side of the empty stall.
1957
Tried to find out from Walker if there is a reason in engineering or physics that makes it easier to drive a car into a parking stall backwards rather than forwards.
1970
Our perigrinations brought us in front of the Students' Union Building where, Glory Be to God, someone was pulling out of a parking stall and leaving us a space.
1979
Backed by the provincial government, the program will assist employees in setting up car pools and provide parking stalls for them in the civic parking lot.
1994
That car, a dark-blue Chevrolet Celebrity, was found two days after the shooting backed into a parking stall in a low-rise apartment complex on Eastwood Place, just off McArthur Avenue. Police said the car had been stolen. When discovered, the car was missing its tires. Police said two or three men were seen removing the tires and rims within an hour of it being left in the parking stall.
2008
I am currently eight months pregnant with our third child and do appreciate the "mommy/expectant" pink parking stalls at many store parking lot locations.
References
- COD-2
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 20 Mar. 2014
