Bald
/bɔːld/
noun
A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
verb
To become bald.
adjective
Having no hair, fur or feathers.
(by extension) Denuded of any hair- or fur-like covering.
“The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter.”
Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.