Meanings
plural clothesbrushes · alternative clothes brush
- A brush for the clothes.
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 2181 more example
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
Origin
Translations
Danish klædebørste
- klædebørstea brush for brushing clothes with
Finnish vaateharja
- vaateharjaa brush for brushing clothes with
Norwegian Bokmål klesbørste
- klesbørstea brush for brushing clothes with
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