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‖ remskoen S. Afr.|ˈrɛmskʊn|
Also reimschoon, remschoen, riemschoen, rimschoen; pl. also -e.
[Afrikaans:—Du. remschoen, f. rem brake + schoen shoe.]
= skid n. 3 a. Also fig.
See J. Smuts et al. Voorloper (1976) for additional variant forms.
1816G. Barker Diary 13 Feb. (MS.) in J. Smuts et al. Voorloper (1976) 671 My box was set upon the rim-schoen to keep it dry. 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. Southern Afr. I. 151 The remschoen (lock-shoe or skid), is a log of wood, generally about eight inches square, and nearly two feet long, having a groove in it to receive the felly of the wheel. 1835A. Steedman Wanderings & Adventures in S. Afr. I. i. ii. 121 On regaining the track, we found the reimschoon, or iron slipper, which had fallen from the waggon, lying in the road. 1898Cape Argus 2 Feb. 36, I am pleased to find that my frequent allusion to the backward element in the legislative Council as a riemschoen party has gone home. 1912East London Dispatch 2 May 5 Riemschoen Party.—The name applied a few years back to that party in Cape politics which appeared to be averse from progress; the word Riemschoen is applied in other directions with the same meaning, e.g. ‘Riemschoen Districts’. 1949L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon x. 126 Voortrekker wagons were equipped with wooden axles and the remskoen instead of brakes. 1957Cape Times 8 Aug. 9/1 The wagons..with remskoene on, slithered down the steep slopes. |