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Noun: tyre chain
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: tire chain)
  1. Chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow
    "They put tyre chains on the truck before driving through the snowy mountain pass";
    - tire chain [N. Amer], snow chain

Derived forms: tyre chains

Type of: chain

Encyclopedia: Tyre chain