Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, having horns: thus, “a hart gules attired or” means a red stag having horns of gold: used only of the hart and buck. See
armed , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle (Her.) Provided with antlers, as a stag.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry Said of the
horns of astag when they are of a differenttincture to itshead . - verb Simple past and past participle of
attire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
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Examples
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These good lady players, or some of them, are attiring themselves in these days as I like to see lady golfers attired, that is to say, there is evidence that they think a trifle less of fashion and dainty appearance than they do of security, comfort, and freedom of limb and muscle.
The Complete Golfer Harry Vardon 1903
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Always impeccably attired, a little black dress, high heels, and a Reardon steel bracelet even on a construction site.
Michael Jones: Atlas Shrugged Michael Jones 2011
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From the fact that each was attired in a new, snow-white lava-lava, Sheldon knew that they were recruits.
Chapter 18 2010
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Astrid Stawiarz for The Wall Street Journal Chef Jacques Pepin "Ace of Cakes" star Duff Goldman, who created the five-foot cake for the evening, stood out among the black-tie attired guests in jeans, a T-shirt and a leather jacket.
Raising a Toast to Culinary Masters Lizzie Simon 2011
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Amid the hubbub, modestly-attired women have arranged on rickety tables rainbow displays of vegetables and fruit, and offers of coconut milk and fresh-squeezed juice.
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Always impeccably attired, a little black dress, high heels, and a Reardon steel bracelet even on a construction site.
Michael Jones: Atlas Shrugged Michael Jones 2011
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He poured, with old-world flourish, coffee for the romantically attired woman—whose name was Tanya Cohen.
In Rittenhouse Square Carla Sarett 2011
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Always impeccably attired, a little black dress, high heels, and a Reardon steel bracelet even on a construction site.
Michael Jones: Atlas Shrugged Michael Jones 2011
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Properly attired waiters, real San Francisco food diet plate?
Christopher Caen: Friday Friends: The New Good Old Days Christopher Caen 2012
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Always impeccably attired, a little black dress, high heels, and a Reardon steel bracelet even on a construction site.
Michael Jones: Atlas Shrugged Michael Jones 2011
hernesheir commented on the word attired
A term used in heraldry.
December 24, 2010