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noun
a narrow metal cylinder, fixed to a rotating shaft or wheel, against which brake shoes or brake bands act.
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Origin of brake drum
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby brake drum
braise, brak, brake, brakeage, brake band, brake drum, brake fade, brake fluid, brake horsepower, brake light, brake lining
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How to use brake drum in a sentence
The double action was caused by the expansion and contraction of two bands inside and outside a brake drum.
Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer|J. W. Duffield
British Dictionary definitions for brake drum
brake drum
noun
the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakesSee also brake shoe
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