brake shoe
noun
a rigid plate, usually of steel in the shape of an arc of a cylinder, coated on the outside of its curved surface with a friction-producing material and tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action.
(on a bicycle) one of two metal blocks holding rubber pads that, when the hand brake is activated, press against the rotating wheel to produce a braking action.Compare caliper (def. 6).
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Also called shoe.
Origin of brake shoe
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Words nearby brake shoe
brakeman, brake pad, brake parachute, brake pedal, braker, brake shoe, brakesman, brake-van, brake wheel, braking distance, braking time
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British Dictionary definitions for brake shoe
brake shoe
noun
the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake
the curved metal casting together with the attached brake lining
Sometimes shortened to: shoe
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