Associations to the word «Derailleur»

Wiktionary

DERAILLEUR, noun. The mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another.
DERAILLEUR, noun. The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King