Sipe

Origin

From Old English sipian , related to seep.

• around 888 AD, K Aelfred, translation of Boethius, Chapter 33, para.5 ,

"Seo eore hit helt & be sumum dæle swil, & for am sype heo bi eleht."

Full definition of sipe

Noun

1. (US) Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
2. (British, dialect) A drain.

Verb

1. (US) To cut grooves in tires.
2. (intransitive, British) To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.

Anagrams

• ipes
• pies