kləuðz n.pl. 1 garments
worn to
cover the body and limbs. 2
bedclothes. øclothes-horse 1 a
frame for airing washed clothes. 2 colloq. an affectedly
fashionable person. clothes-line a
rope or
wire etc. on
which washed clothes are
hung to
dry. clothes-moth
any moth of the
family Tineidae,
with a
larva destructive to
wool,
fur, etc. clothes-peg
Brit. a clip or
forked device for securing clothes to a clothes-line. clothes-pin US a clothes-peg. [OE clathas pl. of clath CLOTH]