单词 | lockshoe |
释义 | > as lemmaslockshoe lockshoe n. now historical a flat piece of wood with a groove in the upper surface, which can be fitted under the wheel of a wagon, etc., to act as a brake when descending a steep slope. [In quot. 1785 after South African Dutch remschoen (1783 in a Swedish context in the passage translated in the quot. (perhaps with remodelling of the second element after Swedish sko shoe n.): see remskoen n.).] ΚΠ 1785 tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. iv. 124 In order that the lowest fellies of the wheel that is to be locked may not be worn,..a kind of sledge carriage, hollowed out in the inside, and called a lockshoe [Sw. kallas Remsko], is fitted to it. 1999 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 20 Oct. a12 I had to use a lockshoe under one wheel to slow the wagon down while going down the steep James Street mountain access. < as lemmas |
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