snow chain

English

A wheel with a snow chain.

Noun

snow chain (plural snow chains)

1. A chain put on a wheel of a vehicle to give it more traction

Usage notes

• Almost always used in the plural form snow chains

Translations

a chain put on a wheel of a vehicle to give it more traction

• Finnish: lumiketju (fi)
• French: chaine de neige (fr) f
• German: Schneekette (de) f
• Greek: αντιολισθήτικη αλυσίδα (el) (antiolisthítiki alysída) f (antiolisthítiki alysída)
• Italian: catene da neve (it) f pl (Almost always used in plural; the singular form is catena da neve (it) f)

• Low German: Sneekeed (nds) f
• Spanish: cadenas de nieve (es) f pl
• Swedish: snökedja (sv) c