Obs. rare–1. [ad. obs. Sp. and Pg. tirasol (= quitasol, ‘a kinde of hat vsed in China very broad, which the principall men carry ouer their heads, with a short poll or staffe, like a canopie, to keepe the … sunne from them’ (Minsheu), f. Pg. tira-r to take away, remove, banish + sol sun.] A (Chinese) umbrella or parasol.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage, V. xvi. 452. Next to whom commeth the King with a Tiresol over his head, to keepe off the Sunne.
