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clothesbrush en · NOUN

Etymology

From clothes + brush.

Meanings

1. A brush for the clothes.
   • Its removal revealed another case covered with dust. This we extracted from the iron chest without any difficulty, and removed the accumulated filth of years from it with a clothes-brush. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
   • Probably the most effective clothesbrushes are those with fairly stiff bristles, about 3/4 to 1 in. long, with tufts set 1/5 in. (preferably 1/4 in.) or more apart. 1941, Consumers' research bulletin annual, page 218:

Forms

Translations (6)

nn klesbørste (a brush for brushing clothes with) · nn klebørste (a brush for brushing clothes with) · nb klesbørste (a brush for brushing clothes with) · nn kledebørste (a brush for brushing clothes with) · fi vaateharja (a brush for brushing clothes with) · da klædebørste (a brush for brushing clothes with)