sipe.
Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
Meaning & usage
Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
A drain.
Where this word comes from
From Old English sipian, related to seep. * around 888 AD, K Aelfred, translation of Boethius, Chapter 33, para.5 , : "Seo eorþe hit helt & be sumum dæle swilgþ, & for þam sype heo biþ geleht."
To cut grooves in tires.
To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.
Where this word comes from
From Old English sipian, related to seep. * around 888 AD, K Aelfred, translation of Boethius, Chapter 33, para.5 , : "Seo eorþe hit helt & be sumum dæle swilgþ, & for þam sype heo biþ geleht."
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