DRESSING ROOM
NOUNS
► TIRE-ROOM a dressing-room → 1681
► TIRING-HOUSE a dressing-room; the room or place in which the actors dressed for the state → 1590 arch.
► TIRING-ROOM a dressing-room; the dressing-room of a theatre → 1623 arch.
► TOILET a dressing-room; in the US, a dressing-room furnished with bathing facilities → 1819
► TOILET-ROOM a dressing-room → 1794
► WARDROBE a room in which wearing apparel (sometimes armour) was kept; esp. a room adjoining the ‘chamber’ or sleeping apartment; hence, a dressing-room → 1387-8 obs.