track shoe

track shoe
1. a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
2. the part of a track-brake mechanism that slows or stops a vehicle.
[1905-10]

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