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brake shoe definition

☆ brake shoe

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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