brake pad

noun

1. a thin block of friction-producing material that presses against a vehicle's brake disc or rotor to enable the wheel to stop.

brake pad

noun

1. the flat metal casting, together with the bound friction material, in a disc brake

Example Sentences

If you’ve worn entirely through the vertical wear-indicator grooves on your rim brake pads, you need new ones.

From Outside Online

Friction resistance systems work much in the same way that a vehicle brake pad functions, with varying degrees of resistance directly correlating to the amount of pressure the pad applies to the flywheel.

From Popular-Science