head-tire
(ˈhɛdtaɪə(r))
Now arch. or dial.
Attire for the head; a head-dress.
| 1560 Bible (Genev.) 1 Esdras iii. 6 An head tyre of fine linnen. 1653 Holcroft Procopius i. xiii. 20 The King..took from him his Head-tire of gold and pearl, which tied up his hair. 1847 Mrs. Sherwood Life xxiii. 378, I see this tyrant now, in her smart head-tire, seated in her elbow chair. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss., Head-gear or Head-tyre, the head dress and its adornments. 1885 Bible (R.V.) Isa. iii. 20 The headtires, and the ankle chains. |