tiring-room

tiring-room
noun Etymology: 3tire Date: 1623 a dressing room especially in a theater

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  • Tiring-room — Tir ing room , n. [For attiring room.] The room or place where players dress for the stage. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tiring room — n. [see TIRE3] Archaic a dressing room in a theater …   English World dictionary

  • tiring room — Archaic. a dressing room, esp. in a theater. [1615 25; aph. var. of ATTIRING ROOM] * * * tiring room, Archaic. a dressing room, especially in a theater. ╂[< attiring room] …   Useful english dictionary

  • tiring-room — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tiring from gerund of tire (IV) : a dressing room especially in a theater …   Useful english dictionary

  • tiring room — Archaic. a dressing room, esp. in a theater. [1615 25; aph. var. of ATTIRING ROOM] * * * …   Universalium

  • tiring-room — tir′ing room n. sbz a dressing room, esp. in a theater …   From formal English to slang

  • tiring room — /ˈtaɪərɪŋ rum/ (say tuyuhring roohm) noun Obsolete a dressing room, especially in a theatre. {aphetic variant of attiring room} …  

  • Tiring-house — Tir ing house , n. [For attiring house.] A tiring room. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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