tirewoman

tire-woman

From tire +‎ woman. See tire (“attire”).

tirewoman (plural tirewomen)

1. (archaic) A lady's handmaid.
   • 1693, [John Locke], “§37”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     fashionableness of the taylor or tirewoman's making

   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, act 1, page 8:

     'that a paltry girl, who is not worthy to be my tirewoman, the orphan of a murderer. . .that a creature thus naturally formed to excite aversion and contempt should so engross thy affections!'

2. (archaic) A female dresser in a theatre; a wardrobe assistant.^[1]

• tireman

• “tire-woman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.