Derailleur Definition

dĭ-rālər
derailleurs
noun
A mechanism for shifting gears on a bicycle, that moves the chain from one to another of the different-sized sprocket wheels.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Derailleur

Noun

Singular:
derailleur
Plural:
derailleurs

Origin of Derailleur

  • French dérailleur from dérailler to derail derail

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French dérailleur.

    From Wiktionary

Derailleur Sentence Examples

  • As Brian's Birdy had a derailleur as well as a hub gear he promised to stay on one rear cog.

  • Brian tells of his temptation to use the derailleur when we passed him, but being the English gentleman, he resisted.

  • The difficulty and judgment of changing derailleur gears before a hill or after stopping is well known.

  • I'd ridden a shorter version on the same bike before it was changed from an 8-speed derailleur to the Rohloff 14-speed hub.

  • We notice REYES, kneeling behind him attending to the rear derailleur of her racing bike.

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DDEDER

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