clothespress

[ klohz-pres, klohth z- ]

/ ˈkloʊzˌprɛs, ˈkloʊðz- /

a receptacle for clothes, as a chest, wardrobe, or closet.

Origin of clothespress

First recorded in 1705–15; clothes + press¹

A little later, while he was hanging them in the clothes-press, a propitiatory cough sounded at the door.

The Pride of Palomar |Peter B. Kyne
Besides the bed it contained four chairs, a clothes-press, a secretary, and a shaving-stand.

A Woman Named Smith |Marie Conway Oemler
Will you help me take down this basket and put it there, near that clothes-press?

The Marquis of Pealta (Marta y Mara) |Armando Palacio Valds
Do I look like a man who owned such a thing as a clothes-press, much less so fashionable a thing as a family skeleton?

Hearts and Masks |Harold MacGrath

The physician himself hastened to the clothes-press, and, taking the silken dressing-gown from it, carried it to the patient.

Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia |L. Mhlbach,

clothes-press

a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet