clotheshorse
7.5
A frame for hanging wet clothes to dry indoors
- noun
- /ˈkloʊðzˌhɔrs/
- UK
:
tendedero
- She hung her wet clothes on the clotheshorse to dry them indoors.
Examples
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The gas fire, which had several pairs of jeans suspended in front of it on a clotheshorse, gave off an odor and heated parts of the room while leaving others cold.
Fiction book (1996) -
The clotheshorse in the living room was full of freshly laundered towels.
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I saw a clotheshorse
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After washing, I placed the shirts neatly on the clotheshorse.
Synonyms
clothesline
vsclotheshorse
18
1.6
A rope or wire stretched between two points for hanging clothes to dry
is a freestanding frame used indoors rather than a stretched line
3.1
A frame for hanging clothes to dry or to display them
is for hanging wet clothes specifically to dry indoors
4.1
A standing pole with hooks for hanging coats and hats
is mainly for drying wet garments indoors rather than for display or hats
How Big
Surface Forms
clotheshorse singular
clotheshorses plural
Morphology
Etymology
Clotheshorse comes from the simple parts clothes and horse, where horse was a name for a 'support' or frame, as in sawhorse. So a clotheshorse is a 'support' for wet clothes that you hang to dry.