clotheshorse

clotheshorse

English

A clotheshorse

Alternative forms

• clothes-horse, clothes horse

Etymology

clothes +‎ horse

Noun

clotheshorse (plural clotheshorses)

1. A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.

   Synonyms: airer, clothes maiden, clothes screen, drying rack

2. (figurative) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.
   • 1997, Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, transl., The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 471:

     Her mother was a genuine clotheshorse. She had had more kimonos and dresses than room in their chests to store them […]

Related terms

• clothesline

Translations

laundry frame

Catalan: estenedor (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 晾衣架 (zh) (liàngyījià) Esperanto: sekigrako Finnish: pyykinkuivausteline (fi) French: étendoir (fr) m, tancarville (fr) m German: Wäscheständer (de) m, Trockengestell n, Wäschetrockner (de) m (uncommon) Hungarian: szárító (hu) Italian: stendibiancheria m Korean: 횃대 (hwaetdae) Norwegian: Bokmål: tørkestativ n Nynorsk: tørkestativ n Occitan: estendedor, secador (oc) Portuguese: (Portugal) estendal (pt) m, (Brazil) varal (pt) m Spanish: tendedero (es) m, tenderete (es) m, tendedor m, (Latin America) ténder (es) m Swedish: torkställning (sv)

person

Finnish: vaatefriikki (fi) Irish: mainicín m Swedish: klädsnobb

See also

• coat hanger

References

• “clotheshorse”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.