clotheshorse

English

A clotheshorse

clotheshorse (plural clotheshorses)

A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
Synonyms: airer, clothes maiden, clothes screen, drying rack
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279:
  In front of the darkened electric fire stood a wooden clothes horse draped with tights and underwear.
(figurative) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.
- 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:
  Her mother was a genuine clotheshorse. She had had more kimonos and dresses than room in their chests to store them […]

laundry frame

Afrikaans: droograk
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)
Turkish: çamaşır askılığı, çamaşır askısı, çamaşırlık

person

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

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