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).
Also called
shoe.
Origin of brake shoe
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Words nearby brake shoe
brake light,
brake lining,
brake pad,
brake parachute,
brake pedal,
brake shoe,
brake van,
brake wheel,
brake-fade,
brake-van,
brakeage
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