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brakeshoe

brakeshoe is the alternative form 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.

Forms of brakeshoe

pluralbrakeshoes

Questions about brakeshoe

What is brakeshoe the alternative form of?
Brakeshoe is the alternative form of brake shoe.

Words near brakeshoe in the dictionary

  1. brakepipes
  2. braker
  3. brakers
  4. brakes
  5. brakeset
  6. brakeshoe
  7. brakeshoes
  8. brakesman
  9. brakesmen
  10. brakest
  11. brakevan

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