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clothes pole
noun
- a pole used for supporting a clothesline.
clothes pole
noun
- Also calledclothes post a post to which a clothesline is attached
- See clothes propanother term for clothes prop
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clothes pole1
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Example Sentences
Then he drove at them again with a clothes pole, and missed them again, although he made another pole by hitting that on a stone.
These latter, during the day, are suspended upon the clothes pole previously described and illustrated.
She saw an old hemp hammock hanging from a clothes pole on the drying-place, and had a sudden idea.
Nathan Spiderwitz grasped the clothes pole and vaulted with great accuracy into the left wing of the grand stand.
Silas gave it another prod with the clothes pole and it moved more quickly.
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