pneumatic tyre

British  

noun

1. a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles

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pneumatic tyre

In the late 1880s, Scottish inventor John Dunlop supplied the missing part of the puzzle by reinventing the pneumatic tyre, which had been developed few decades previously, but which had failed to take off.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2019

He promptly organized a tire company, persuaded Dunlop to join him, and with classic forethought predicted in his prospectus: "The pneumatic tyre will be almost indispensable for ladies and persons with delicate nerves."

From Time Magazine Archive

And two hundred people pumped themselves into it, as air is forced into a pneumatic tyre.

From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Bennett, Arnold

And pneumatic tyre and automobile spirit advertisements, great glaring boards by the roadside.

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Hang an empty "inner tube" of a pneumatic tyre over a nail and inflate it, and you will get a good illustration of the principle.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald