( US tire )
■ noun
1》 a rubber covering, typically inflated or surrounding an inflated inner tube, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road.
2》 a strengthening band of metal fitted around the rim of a wheel, especially of a railway vehicle.
Derivatives
~d adjective
Origin
C15: perh. a var. of archaic tire , shortening of attire (because the ~ was the ‘clothing’ of the wheel).