The side of a vehicle's tyre, typically untreaded and often marked or coloured distinctively; (more fully sidewall tyre) a tyre with distinctive…

A tyre, covering, material, etc., designed to prevent skidding.

Originally U.S. The action or an act of retreading a tyre; a worn tyre provided with a new tread.

A worn tyre that has been given a new tread and a rubber coating to the sidewalls; (also more generally) a tyre that has undergone retreading. Also…

The action or an act of recapping a tyre (see recap, v.1 2). Also: a tyre that has been recapped.

A tyre (now esp. on a motorcycle or mountain bike) having a deeply-grooved tread with raised bumps, intended for off-road use; = knobby, n. 2…

colloquial. A tyre (now esp. on a motorcycle or mountain bike) having a deeply-grooved tread with raised bumps, intended for off-road use; = knobbly…

A tyre having white sidewalls.

A smooth tyre used on various kinds of racing vehicle.

(a) adj. designating a tyre in which the layers of fabric are laid with the cords at an oblique angle to the circumference of the tyre; of or…

A radial-ply tyre (see radial-ply adj. n. at compounds).

designating a tyre in which the layers of fabric are laid with the cords at right angles across one another; also elliptical as n.

Elliptical for snow tyre n. at compounds 2b. North American.

a recapped tyre with the tread line unbroken.

slang (Motor Racing, etc.). A wet-weather tyre.