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pneumatic tyre

(Automotive Engineering) a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles

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pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc

pneumatic tire

bicycle wheel - the wheel of a bicycle

car wheel - a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car

casing - the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire

flat tire, flat - a deflated pneumatic tire

inner tube - an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire

radial, radial tire, radial-ply tire - pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing

snow tire - an automobile pneumatic tire with deep tread to give traction in snow

tire, tyre - hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"

tread - the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

tubeless, tubeless tire - pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight

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Bank Holiday times always bring out old stored-away vehicles and odd people; one saw tricars and electric broughams and dilapidated old racing motors with huge pneumatic tyres. Once our holiday- makers saw a horse and cart, and once a youth riding a black horse amidst the badinage of the passersby.

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The recovery was underpinned by the growth in domestic sales of school shoes and solid rubber tyre exports, which has helped to offset the decline in rubber slipper sales and pneumatic tyres sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

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By 1913, pneumatic tyres became available in smaller sizes and wood made way for metal-bodied vehicles.

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In 1889, Willie Hume proved the superiority of a safety bicycle fitted with pneumatic tyres developed by John Boyd Dunlop.

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