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{{Short description|Frame for air drying wet laundry}}
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[[Image:Clotheshorse.jpg|right|thumb|A clothes horse]]▼
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[[Image:Clothes_dryer_Made_of_Steel.jpg|thumb|280px|right|A drying rack]]
▲[[Image:Clotheshorse.jpg|right|thumb|A clothes horse]]
A '''clothes horse''', sometimes called a '''clothes rack''', '''drying horse''', '''clothes maiden''', '''drying rack''', '''drying stand''', '''Frostick''', '''airer''', or (Scots) '''winterdyke''',<ref name=DLSdyke>{{cite web|title=DYKE, DIKE, n. and v.|url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=16546&startset=10317947&query=DYKE&fhit=Dyke&dregion=form&dtext=snd#fhit|work=Dictionary of the Scots Language|publisher=Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd|accessdate=8 January 2013}}</ref> is a frame upon which clothes are hung after [[washing]], indoors or outdoors, to dry by [[evaporation]]. The frame is usually made of [[wood]], [[metal]] or [[plastic]].▼
 
The term "'''clothes horse'''" is used to refer to a portable frame upon which wet [[laundry]] is hung to dry by [[evaporation]]. The frame is usually made of wood,<ref>{{cite web |title=A Comprehensive Guide to Clothes Horse |url=https://www.lifestyleclotheslines.com.au/pages/comprehensive-guide-clothes-horse#4400176 |website=Lifestyle Clotheslines |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref> metal or plastic. It is a cheap low-tech piece of [[laundry]] equipment, as opposed to a [[clothes dryer]], which requires electricity to operate, or a [[Hills Hoist]], which requires ample space, wind and fine weather. It also served as an alternative to an [[airing cupboard]]. In cold, damp seasons and in the absence of central heating, a clothes horse placed by a fireside or a kitchen range provides a place to warm clothing before putting it on. The practice of airing, once ubiquitous in Great Britain, for example, in the constant battle against damp and mold, has become far less common with the advent of central heating and affordable clothes dryers.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Airing" clothes - necessary or just extra work? {{!}} Mumsnet|url=https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3346283-Airing-clothes-necessary-or-just-extra-work|access-date=2021-07-31|website=www.mumsnet.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731125053/https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3346283-Airing-clothes-necessary-or-just-extra-work|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Types of drying racks==
 
==Terminology==
There are many types of drying racks, including large, stationary outdoor racks, smaller, folding portable racks, and wall-mounted drying racks. A drying rack is similar in usage and function to a [[clothes line]], and used as an alternative to the powered [[clothes dryer]].▼
▲AOther '''clothesnames horse''',for this sometimesdevice calledinclude a '''clothes rack''', '''drying horse''', '''clothes maiden''', '''drying rack''', '''dryingscissor standrack''', '''Frostickgarment donkey''', '''drying stand''', '''airer''', or (Scots) '''winterdyke''',Winter Dyke.<ref name=DLSdyke>{{cite web|title=DYKE, DIKE, n. and v.|url=http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?plen=16546&startset=10317947&query=DYKE&fhit=Dyke&dregion=form&dtext=snd#fhit|work=Dictionary of the Scots Language|publisher=Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd|accessdate=8 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=September 2022}}</ref> is a frame upon which clothes are hung after [[washing]], indoors or outdoors, to dry by [[evaporation]]. The frame is usually made of [[wood]], [[metal]] or [[plastic]].
 
==Types==
A [[pulley]] clothes airer can be loaded and unloaded at a convenient height, and hoisted out of the way to ceiling height while the clothes dry. The racks are also used in kitchens, to hang utensils out of the way.▼
▲There are many types of drying racks,clothes includinghorses: large, stationary outdoor racks,ones; smaller, folding portable racks,; and wall-mounted drying racks. A dryingclothes rackhorse is similar in usage and function to a [[clothes line]], and used as an alternative to the powered [[clothes dryer]]. An electric alternative exists, usually known as a heated clothes airer.
 
▲AAn [[pulley]]overhead clothes airer]] can be loadedlowered andby unloadedits at[[pulley]] mechanism to a convenient height for loading the wet laundry, and then hoisted out of the way to ceiling height while the clothes dry. The racks are also used in kitchens, to hang utensils out of the way.
A pulley clothes airer is sometimes also described as "Victorian", "Edwardian", or "Lancashire" and then comprises two iron frames positioned as far apart as desired to provide a suitable length, with wooden laths, typically four or six, passed through holes in them. The frames are suspended from the ceiling by a system of rope and pulleys. The result is a hoistable rack with several parallel bars on which clothes can be draped out of the way, or hung, extending further down, with [[clothes hanger]]s. <ref>[http://www.castinstyle.co.uk/product.php/416/victorian-kitchen-maid-pulley-clothes-airer Typical parts available commercially to assemble a pulley airer]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pulley+airer+images&hl=en-GB&rlz=1B3GGHP_en-GB___GB414&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=4rjkU8q_POmI7AaG24CoBg&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1215&bih=714&dpr=0.9 Images found by Google image search for "pulley airer"]</ref>
 
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A modern development uses a wooden frame with seven to eleven continuous clothes lines which increase the capacity of the clothes horse. The frame uses a [[Cleat_(nautical) | clam cleat]] to tighten the clothes lines and hangs on four ropes. This increases the necessary installation effort, but also improves safety by increasing redundancy of the suspension. It uses a pulley system ([[block and tackle]]) which reduces the required force to lift the loaded frame. <ref>[https://hangbird.net/en A modern design of the clothes horse]</ref>
File:Drying clothes.jpg|A drying rack
File:Modern hanging clothes horse with pulley system.jpg|An [[overhead clothes airer]] with pulleys
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==Figurative usage==
Used figuratively, the single-wordThe term ''clotheshorseclothes horse'' describescan menbe andused to describe womenpeople who are passionate about clothing and always appear in public dressed in the latest styles. From 1850 the term referred to a male [[fop]] or female [[Dandy#Quaintrelle|quaintrelle]], a person whose main function is, or appears to be, to wear or show off clothes.<ref name=OED>Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., documents use of "clothes horse" in 1807, and "human clothes horse" in 1850</ref> In this context, the term is similar to "[[fashion plate]]", which originally referred to a [[lithography|lithograph]] illustration of fashionable clothing in a book or magazine.▼
 
''Clothes horse'' can also be used to describe people who are employed primarily to display clothing.<ref>{{cite book |title=New Oxford Thesaurus of English |editor-last1=Hanks |editor-first1=Patrick |date=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860261-8 |quote= mannequin ''noun'' 2. ''mannequins on the catwalk'' MODEL, fashion model, supermodel; ''informal'' clothes horse}}</ref> The term is often used pejoratively, for example to imply that an actor or actress has been cast in a role primarily to [[Model (person)|show off]] costumes rather than for his or her acting ability.
▲Used figuratively, the single-word term ''clotheshorse'' describes men and women who are passionate about clothing and always appear in public dressed in the latest styles. From 1850 the term referred to a male [[fop]] or female [[quaintrelle]], a person whose main function is, or appears to be, to wear or show off clothes.<ref name=OED>Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., documents use of "clothes horse" in 1807, and "human clothes horse" in 1850</ref>
 
== See also ==
In this context, the term is similar to "[[fashion plate]]," which originally referred to a [[lithography|lithograph]] illustration of fashionable clothing in a book or magazine.
* [[Laundry-folding machine]]
 
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