derailleur

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de⋅rail⋅leur

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–noun

a gear-shifting mechanism on a bicycle that shifts the drive chain from one sprocket wheel to another.

Origin:
1945–50; < F dérailleur lit., a device causing disengagement or derailing, equiv. to déraill(er) to derail + -eur -eur

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de·rail·leur (dĭ-rā'lər)

n. A device for shifting gears on a bicycle by moving the chain between sprocket wheels of different sizes.

[French dérailleur, from dérailler, to derail; see derail.]

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