| 单词 | towel-horse |
| 释义 | > as lemmastowel-horse towel-horse n. a wooden frame or stand on which towels are hung. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > towel rail, -ring, -roller, or -rack towel-horse1833 towel rail1833 towel-roller1833 towel-rack1877 towel ring1895 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. 349 A Towel Horse has generally one rail at top... It..should..be painted, for the reasons given when speaking of fixed towel rails. 1861 H. F. Tozer in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 386 Hay hanging to dry on large hurdles strongly resembling a gigantic towel-horse. [Cf. 1541 Aberdeen Regr. XVII. (Jam.), Ane towall ross of aik worcht v ss.] 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 67 The damp towel on which you have just wiped your wet hands does not stand long on the towel-horse before it becomes dry again. < as lemmas |
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