a. [f. TIER sb.1 + -ED2.] Having, or arranged in, tiers; chiefly in parasynthetic comb., as high-tiered, three-tiered, triple-tiered.
1807. J. Barlow, Columb., VII. 495. Flames, triple tier’d, and tides of smoke, arise.
1856. P. Egan, Clifton Grey, 84/1. The straight lines were broken and diversified by many-tiered bastions, and not a point from whence destruction might be hurled or invader repelled seemed to be overlooked.
1877. Blackie, Wise Men, 75. High-tiered, palatial dwellings.
1899. Mackail, W. Morris, II. 51. The passage of the shuttle through a double- or triple-tiered warp.
1909. Daily Chron., 16 Sept., 7/2. The tiered seats of the big ‘demonstration’ kitchen.
1914. Akron Even. Times, 16 March, Advt. Dressy Skirts of the better kind in a large variety of styles, including the new draped, pannier and multi-tiered designs.
