tirewoman, tyre woman

[Eng. tire (1) v., and woman.] 1. A woman who attends to the dre ing or toilet of another; a lady's maid. "The Lady Anne, at her toilette, on the morning after the council, spoke of the investigation with such scorn as emboldened the very tirewomen who were dre ing her to put in their jests." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. ix. 2. A dre er in a theater. tir'-ing, pr . par . or a. [TIRE (1), v.] tiring-house, tiring-room, s . The room or place in which players dre for the stage. "This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house."-Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream , iii. 1.