Scottish. A wooden rack suspended from a roof, used for drying cheeses (cf. hack, n.4 3 heck, n.1 4). Also more generally: a rack used for storing…
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > frame for hanging washing on to dry (11) hake1689 Scottish. A wooden rack suspended from a roof, used for drying cheeses (cf. hack, n.4 3 heck, n.1 4). Also more generally: a rack used for storing… horse1706 A frame or structure (often having legs) on which something is mounted or supported. A clothes-horse, on which washed linen, etc., is dried; a frame… winter dyke1748 Scottish and English regional (northern). A hinged upright frame on which clothes are hung to air or dry indoors; a clothes horse. Chiefly in plural… maid1795 regional. A clothes horse; = maiden, n. 7c. clothes-horse1807 An upright wooden frame standing upon legs, with horizontal bars on which clothes are hung out to dry or air. winter hedge1812 An upright frame on which laundry is hung to dry or air; a clothes horse. Also (in later use): a laundry rack suspended from the ceiling. Cf. winter… airer1817 A frame on which clothes, etc., are aired. clothes-screen1832 a clothes-horse. linen-horse1845 = horse, n. 7c. maiden1856 English regional (northern). A clothes horse. Cf. maid, n.1 9c. maiden maker?1881 a person whose occupation is making clothes horses (see sense A. 7c). |
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