clotheshorse

English

A clotheshorse

Alternative forms

clothes-horse, clothes horse

Etymology

clothes +‎ horse

Noun

clotheshorse (plural clotheshorses)

A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
Synonyms: airer, clothes maiden, clothes screen, drying rack
(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.

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