"dérailleur" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dérailleurs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dérailleur (plural dérailleurs)
  1. Alternative spelling of derailleur Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: derailleur
    Sense id: en-dérailleur-en-noun-483UcQ2c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989 July 27, Günter Look, Régis Sinoquet, Control device for a derailleur-gear for a bicycle, US Patent 5,052,242",
          "text": "To this effect, the subject of the invention is a control device for a dérailleur-gear for a bicycle, of the type as described previously, characterized in that the cable for actuation of the dérailleur-gear is connected to an actuation stud rotated by the operating hand-lever, and on which are provided the control mechanism and the means for attaching the moveable part of the device to the fixed part of the latter.",
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