Meaning

3 senses

  1. An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.

    Hemmschuh, Bremsschuh, Bremsbacke

  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.

More definitions
  • a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Disc brakes brake better than those which use brake shoes.

    deScheibenbremsen bremsen besser als solche mit Bremsschuhen. — brauchinet

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
element of a drum brake:

Forms

plural: brake shoes

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation:shoeskid

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
braisebrakeA2bramblebran
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