brake shoe

brake shoe

n.

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

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brake shoe

n

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

2. (Automotive Engineering) the curved metal casting together with the attached brake lining

Sometimes shortened to: shoe

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brake′ shoe`

n.

1. a rigid curved plate, usu. of steel coated with a friction-producing material, tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action.

2. (on a bicycle) a metal block holding a rubber pad, pressed against a rotating wheel to produce a braking action.

Also called shoe.

[1870–75, Amer.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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"

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Translations

brake shoe

n → ganascia

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