Meaning Of The Word Brake shoe

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brake shoe in American English
a block or plate curved to fit the shape of a wheel or drum and forced against it to act as a brake
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

brake shoe in Automotive Engineering
noun: The brake shoe is the part of a drum brake to which the friction lining is attached.

brake shoe in British English
noun: the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake

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