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clotheshorse

noun

Etymology

From clothes + horse.

  1. derived from *ḱers-✻ — “to run”
  2. inherited from *ḱr̥sós✻ — “vehicle”
  3. inherited from *hrussą✻ — “horse”
  4. inherited from *hross✻
  5. inherited from hors — “horse”
  6. inherited from hors
  7. compounded as clotheshorse — “clothes + horse”

Definitions

  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.

  2. 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 […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA