tyre
(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. — ORIGIN probably a shortening of ATTIRE (because the tyre was the ‘clothing’ of the wheel).
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