Word Meanings - CLOTHESHORSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A frame to hang clothes on.

Related words: (words related to CLOTHESHORSE)

• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• CLOTHESHORSE
  A frame to hang clothes on.
• FRAMEWORK
  1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. A staunch and solid piece of framework. Milton. 2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
• FRAMER
  One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution.
• CLOTHESPIN
  A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
• FRAME-UP
  A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person on false evidence.
• CLOTHES
  1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes,
• FRAME
  1. To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. Judg. xii. 2. To proceed; to go. The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame. Shak.
• CLOTHESPRESS
  A receptacle for clothes.
• UNFRAME
  To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• INFRAMEDIAN
  Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms. E. Forbes.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• REFRAME
  To frame again or anew.
• ENFRAME
  To inclose, as in a frame.
• MISFRAME
  To frame wrongly.
• HOGFRAME
  A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
• RESISTANCE FRAME
  A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.
• BOTTLE-NECK FRAME
  An inswept frame.
• SHORTCLOTHES
  Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
• GRAVECLOTHES
  The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.