clotheshorse

[ klohz-hawrs, klohth z- ]

/ ˈkloʊzˌhɔrs, ˈkloʊðz- /

Informal. a person whose chief interest and pleasure is dressing fashionably.

a frame on which to hang wet laundry for drying.

Origin of clotheshorse

First recorded in 1765–75; clothes + horse

I have seen a clothes-horse, with racks resting upon the rungs, used for this.

The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work |Mary Rogers Miller
Briggs—Well, then, get me a clothes-horse and a couple of sheets.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) |Various
She's left a miserable fire, said Mrs. Philps from behind the clothes-horse.

The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 |Various
Howsomever, she wore the styles of sweet sixteen, and whenever a man come around she frisked like a clothes-horse.

Plain Mary Smith |Henry Wallace Phillips

Hostess (to Poor Relative)—Maria, you get the clothes-horse.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) |Various

clotheshorse

/ (ˈkləʊðzˌhɔːs) /

a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing

informal a dandy