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brake shoes

brake shoes is the plural of brake shoe.

Meaning of brake shoe

Noun

brake shoe (plural brake shoes)

  1. An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.
    • The rotating action of the brake drum tends to pull one brake shoe harder into contact. This is known as self-servo action. It occurs on the brake shoe, which is after the wheel cylinder, in the direction of wheel rotation.2014, Tom Denton, Automotive Technician Training: Entry Level 3: Introduction to Light Vehicle Technology, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224
  2. A hard friction-producing element which is pressed against the tread of a wheel to provide braking.
  3. A brake lining unit in a coaster brake on a bike.

Questions about brake shoes

What is brake shoes the plural of?
Brake shoes is the plural of brake shoe.

Words near brake shoes in the dictionary

  1. brake pipe
  2. brake pipes
  3. brake press
  4. brake presses
  5. brake shoe
  6. brake shoes
  7. brake tender
  8. brake tenders
  9. brake test
  10. brake tested
  11. brake testing

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