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Clothes horse, the Glossary

The term "clothes horse" is used to refer to a portable frame upon which wet laundry is hung to dry by evaporation.^[1]

13 relations: Clothes dryer, Clothes line, Cupboard, Evaporation, Fashion plate, Fop, Hills Hoist, Laundry, Laundry-folding machine, Lithography, Model (person), Overhead clothes airer, Pulley.
English words and phrases
Laundry drying equipment

Clothes dryer

A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, or simply dryer) is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in a washing machine. Clothes horse and clothes dryer are laundry drying equipment.

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Clothes line

A clothes line, also spelled clothesline, also known as a washing line, is a device for hanging clothes on for the purpose of drying or airing out the articles. Clothes horse and clothes line are domestic implements and laundry drying equipment.

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Cupboard

A cupboard is a piece of furniture for enclosing dishware or grocery items that are stored in a home.

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Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.

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Fashion plate

A fashion plate is an illustration (a plate) demonstrating the highlights of fashionable styles of clothing.

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Fop

Fop became a pejorative term for a man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England.

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Hills Hoist

A Hills Hoist is a height-adjustable rotary clothes line, designed to permit the compact hanging of wet clothes so that their maximum area can be exposed for wind drying by rotation. Clothes horse and Hills Hoist are laundry drying equipment.

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Laundry

Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well.

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Laundry-folding machine

A laundry-folding machine or laundry-folding robot is a machine or domestic robot which folds apparel such that they can be stored compactly and orderly.

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Lithography

Lithography is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.

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Model (person)

A model is a person with a role either to display commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as an artist's model or to pose for photography.

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Overhead clothes airer

An overhead clothes airer, also known variously as a ceiling clothes airer, laundry airer, pulley airer, laundry rack, or laundry pulley, is a ceiling-mounted mechanism to dry clothes. Clothes horse and overhead clothes airer are laundry drying equipment.

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Pulley

A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft enabling a taut cable or belt passing over the wheel to move and change direction, or transfer power between itself and a shaft.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_horse

Also known as Airer, Airers, Clothes Maiden, Clothes airer, Clothes horses, Clothes maidens, Clothes rack, Clotheshorse, Clotheshorses, Drying rack, Drying racks, Winterdyke, Winterdykes.