brake shoe

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brake shoe

A curved metal block that presses against and arrests the rotation of a wheel or brake drum.

brake shoe

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the curved metal casting together with the attached brake lining Sometimes (for both senses) shortened to shoe

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Noun

brake shoe - a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

skid, shoe

brake lining - the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum

drum brake - hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe

constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

Translations

brake shoe n → ganascia

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