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late 15th cent. (denoting the curved pieces of iron plate with which carriage wheels were formerly shod): perhaps a shortening of attire (because the tire was the "clothing" of the wheel).
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∙ 7y agoThe word origin is most likely Middle English from the word "tir" meaning the rim of a wheel.
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