Obs. [f. TIRE v.3 + -MENT, after OF. atirement; ATTIREMENT was later.] Attire; pl. articles of attire; garments, or ornaments as a whole.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 4918. With cumly knottis & with koyntis & knopis of perle It ware to tere me to tell þe tirement to-gedire.
1553. Brende, Q. Curtius, III. 27 b. As their tirementes were moste precious, the more violently thei plucked them away.
1555. Eden, Decades, 290. The whyte cappes or other tyrementes they weare on theyr heades.
