tiring room

American  

noun

Archaic.

1. a dressing room, especially in a theater.

---

tiring room British  

noun

1. archaic a dressing room in a theatre

---

Etymology

Origin of tiring room

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

Example Sentences

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 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

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, Volume 2 by Warner, Susan

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

The chapel of holy St. Madox is no tiring room for jugglers and strollers to shift their trappings in.

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir