tyre
Other definitions for Tyre (2 of 2)
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
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How to use tyre in a sentence
She was seated in her rubber-tyred bath-chair, which was drawn by a white donkey.
The Squire's Daughter | Silas K(itto) HockingThere were no electric lights then in Calcutta or in any part of India, no motor cars and no rubber-tyred carriages.
Indian Ghost Stories | S. Mukerji"Why, what an ungrateful creature you are," cried the landlord of the Tyred Inn, for that was who the pudgy little old fellow was.
Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy | John Kendrick BangsSmoothly and quickly the tyred wheels bore him on out to infinity.
The King of Alsander | James Elroy FleckerAnd being wrought quite tyred, they began to accuse and grumble at one another for having been the occasion of all this toil.
British Dictionary definitions for tyre (1 of 2)
US tire
/ (ˈtaɪə) /
a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to provide traction and reduce road shocks, esp a hollow inflated ring (pneumatic tyre) consisting of a reinforced outer casing enclosing an inner tube: See also tubeless tyre, cross-ply, radial-ply
a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel
a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel
(tr) to fit a tyre or tyres to (a wheel, vehicle, etc)
Origin of tyre
1British Dictionary definitions for Tyre (2 of 2)
Tyr
/ (ˈtaɪə) /
a port in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: founded about the 15th century bc; for centuries a major Phoenician seaport, famous for silks and its Tyrian-purple dye; now a small market town. Pop: 141 000 (2005 est): Arabic name: Sur
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