tiring room

American  

noun

Archaic.

1. a dressing room, especially in a theater.

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tiring room British  

noun

1. archaic a dressing room in a theatre

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Etymology

Origin of tiring room

First recorded in 1615–25; aphetic variant of attiring room

Example Sentences

I shall once again make use of the little room tners' office as a bedroom or rather "tiring" room, w if necessary effect changes of costume.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir

My fine lady has driven black Juba from the tiring room of the Empress.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

I shall once again make use of the little room next the partners' office as a bedroom or rather, "tiring" room, where I can if necessary effect changes of costume.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir

And she was amused still more, when later in the day, after luncheon, Mrs. Sandford arrived, and was taken up into the tiring room, as Preston called it.

From Melbourne House by Warner, Susan

Let those dark slaughter-houses burst upon our sight, These kitchens are too clean, too near the tiring room!

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred