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{{Short description|Frame for air drying wet laundry}}
{{About|a method of drying clothes|a dandified dresser|fop}}
{{lead extra info|date=September 2022}}
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==Terminology==
Other names for this device include a '''clothes rack''', '''drying horse''', '''clothes maiden''', '''drying rack''', '''scissor rack''', '''garment donkey''', '''drying stand''', '''airer''', or (Scots) 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>
==Types==
[[Image:Modern hanging clothes horse with pulley system.jpg|thumb|An [[overhead clothes airer]] with pulleys]]▼
There are many types of clothes horses: large, stationary outdoor ones; smaller, folding portable racks; and wall-mounted drying racks. A clothes horse 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.
An [[overhead clothes airer]] can be lowered by its [[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.
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File:Drying clothes.jpg|A drying rack
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==Figurative usage==
The term ''clothes horse''
''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.
== See also ==
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