🚗 A tire manufacturer 👒 A headdress maker

tiremaker

9.9

A person who makes decorative headdresses and hair ornaments for women

noun
/ˈtaɪərˌmeɪkər/

Archaic

: modista

In the 18th century, a skilled tiremaker was essential for fashionable ladies attending court.

Examples

The museum displayed a collection of ornate headdresses crafted by a renowned tiremaker.
She aspired to become a tiremaker and design elegant hair ornaments for noblewomen.
The tiremaker crafted beautiful headdresses for the festival.
Can a tyremaker also create bridal accessories?
In the 18th century, a skilled tiremaker was essential for fashionable ladies attending court.
The museum displayed a collection of ornate headdresses crafted by a renowned tiremaker.
She aspired to become a tiremaker and design elegant hair ornaments for noblewomen.

Synonyms

milliner

vstiremaker

2 8.4

A person who makes or sells hats for women

is an older craft making ornamental women's headdresses rather than modern hats

wigmaker

vstiremaker

1 6.9

A person who makes and sells wigs

creates ornate women's headdresses and small hair ornaments not full hair pieces

hatmaker

vstiremaker

1 4.2

A person who makes and sells hats

focuses on decorative women's headdresses and hair ornaments in older usage

Surface Forms

tiremaker singular

tiremakers plural

Morphology

tiremaker = tire + maker (opaque) = tire + maker

Although structurally 'tire' + 'maker', this sense relies on an archaic meaning of 'tire' (headdress) that most learners will not know, so the compound's meaning is not derivable from modern senses.

Etymology

Tiremaker (archaic) comes from tire, a word that meant a woman's 'headdress' or hair ornament. So a tiremaker once made fancy headwear and hair decorations for women.