Dictionary

clotheshorse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From clothes + horse.

Meanings

1. A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
   • In front of the darkened electric fire stood a wooden clothes horse draped with tights and underwear. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279:
2. (derogatory, figuratively, slang) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.
   • Her mother was a genuine clotheshorse. She had had more kimonos and dresses than room in their chests to store them […] 1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 471:

Forms

Relateds

clothesline · coat hanger

Synonyms

airer · clothes screen · drying rack · clothes maiden

Translations (37)

pt varal (laundry frame) · nb tørkestativ (laundry frame) · de Modepüppchen (person) · es ténder (laundry frame) · pl modniś (person) · es tenderete (laundry frame) · tr çamaşır askısı (laundry frame) · es tendedero (laundry frame) · it stendibiancheria (laundry frame) · hu szárító (laundry frame) · nn tørkestativ (laundry frame) · tr çamaşır askılığı (laundry frame) · pl stojak do suszenia ubrań (laundry frame) · de Wäscheständer (laundry frame) · af droograk (laundry frame) · oc secador (laundry frame) · ca estenedor (laundry frame) · ko 횃대 (laundry frame) · oc estendedor (laundry frame) · cmn 晾衣架 (laundry frame) · eo sekigrako (laundry frame) · ga mainicín (person) · pt estendal (laundry frame) · de Modepuppe (person) · fi vaatefriikki (person) · pl strojniś (person) · tr çamaşırlık (laundry frame) · fr tancarville (laundry frame) · es tendedor (laundry frame) · fi pyykinkuivausteline (laundry frame) · fr étendoir (laundry frame) · sv torkställning (laundry frame) · pl strojnisia (person) · pl modnisia (person) · de Trockengestell (laundry frame) · de Wäschetrockner (laundry frame) · sv klädsnobb (person)