rem shoe, noun phrase
- Forms:
- Also reem shoe.
- Origin:
- Partial translation of Dutch remschoen.
Wagon-making
remskoen sense 1.
1832 J. Collett Diary. I. 6 Jan.Reem shoe 2.0.0.
1974 A.P. Cartwright By Waters of Letaba 1For years coaches and wagons slithered down the mountainside, their wheels locked in ‘rem shoes’ and all hands clinging to riems and thus acting as an additional brake during the downhill slide.
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