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tiered, a.|tɪəd|
[f. tier n.1 + -ed2.]
Having, or arranged in, tiers; formerly chiefly in parasynthetic comb., as high-tiered, three-tiered, triple-tiered.
1807J. Barlow Columb. vii. 495 Flames, triple tier'd, and tides of smoke, arise. 1877Blackie Wise Men 75 High-tiered, palatial dwellings. 1899Mackail W. Morris II. 52 The passage of the shuttle through a double- or triple-tiered warp. 1909Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 7/2 The tiered seats of the big ‘demonstration’ kitchen. 1930Antiquity IV. 422 He regards the tomb of Cyrus as a reproduction in stone of such a tiered temple. 1939M. B. Picken Lang. of Fashion 155/1 Tiered skirt. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 276/1 The tiered steamers have..three separate pans which fit on top of each other over a base pan. 1952C. P. Blacker Eugenics 294 Certain professions—the Church, the law, the fighting Services—have a hierarchical structure, and success can be gauged by the level attained by an individual in such a tiered system. 1955V. Cronin Wise Man from West 92 Among the limitless paddy-fields and tiered hills. 1971Daily Tel. 28 July 11 The skirt tiered all the way down. 1978Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 16/3 She was attended by her sister..who wore a pale blue chiffon tiered dress. |