"shoegear" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From shoe + gear.",
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          "ref": "1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94",
          "text": "Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock.",
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Colin J. Kirkland, “Locomotives”, in Engineering the Channel Tunnel, page 190",
          "text": "In the third case, the need to provide retractable shoegear on the power bogies to pick up current from the third rail, and the equipment to use low-voltage supply, has complicated the design of the Eurostar trains.",
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          "ref": "2003, P. Hinde, J. Thompson, “Commissioning”, in International Conference on New Trains: 4-5 June 2003 at Le Meridien, York, UK, volume 2003 IMechE conference transactions, published 2004, The train operator's view of new train introduction, page 51",
          "text": "Here shoegear and stepboards are refitted prior to a commissioning run conducted by the manufacturer which includes high speed and emergency brake tests.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee, quoting DJ Hartland, Reducing carbon emissions from transport: Oral and written evidence, London Underground Power Supplies. Electric Current Flow in Conductor Rails. Savings in Energy with Low Loss Rail, page 286",
          "text": "The trains run on two additional rails and pick up current by means of shoegear making sliding contact with the conductor rails.",
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        "train equipment, usually mounted on bogies, used to transfer electric current from the third rail."
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        {
          "word": "shoe"
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        {
          "word": "pickup shoe"
        },
        {
          "word": "shoebeam"
        }
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        "(rail transport) train equipment, usually mounted on bogies, used to transfer electric current from the third rail."
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  "etymology_text": "From shoe + gear.",
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      "word": "pickup shoe"
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          "ref": "1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94",
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        },
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          "text": "Here shoegear and stepboards are refitted prior to a commissioning run conducted by the manufacturer which includes high speed and emergency brake tests.",
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