Meanings
plural clotheshorses · alternative clothes-horse · alternative clothes horse
- 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 279Synonyms: airer, clothes maiden, clothes screen, drying rack
- derogatoryfigurativelyslangA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans droograk
- droograklaundry frame
Catalan estenedor
- estenedorlaundry frame
Chinese Mandarin 晾衣架
- 晾衣架 (liàngyījià)laundry frame
Esperanto sekigrako
- sekigrakolaundry frame
Finnish pyykinkuivausteline, vaatefriikki
- pyykinkuivaustelinelaundry frame
- vaatefriikkiperson
French étendoir, tancarville
- étendoirlaundry frame
- tancarvillelaundry frame
German Wäscheständer, Trockengestell
- Wäscheständerlaundry frame
- Trockengestelllaundry frame
- Wäschetrocknerlaundry frame
- Modepuppeperson
- Modepüppchenperson
Hungarian szárító
- szárítólaundry frame
Irish mainicín
- mainicínperson
Italian stendibiancheria
- stendibiancherialaundry frame
Korean 횃대
- 횃대 (hwaetdae)laundry frame
Norwegian Bokmål tørkestativ
- tørkestativlaundry frame
Polish stojak do suszenia ubrań, strojniś
- stojak do suszenia ubrańlaundry frame
- strojniśperson
- strojnisiaperson
- modniśperson
- modnisiaperson
Portuguese estendal, varal
- estendallaundry frame
- varallaundry frame
Spanish tendedero, tenderete
- tendederolaundry frame
- tenderetelaundry frame
- tendedorlaundry frame
- ténderlaundry frame
Swedish torkställning, klädsnobb
- torkställninglaundry frame
- klädsnobbperson
Turkish çamaşır askılığı, çamaşır askısı
- çamaşır askılığılaundry frame
- çamaşır askısılaundry frame
- çamaşırlıklaundry frame
Cite this entry
clotheshorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clotheshorse
“clotheshorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clotheshorse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clotheshorse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clotheshorse.
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