clothes prop

British  

noun

1. a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze

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Example Sentences

He threatened to abandon the flight if he caught sight of a clothes prop in Alfred's hands.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

There was not a clothes prop in his father's garden long enough to suit his ideas, therefore, he ran to the next door neighbor's, Alex Smith's, selecting the longest prop he could find.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

She came round the waterhole with a clothes prop, and made good time, too; but we got across and away with our clothes.

From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry

Alfred had the clothes prop hidden in the barn below.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

When he got there the old woman was in the garden knocking apples off a tree with a clothes prop.

From The Old Man's Bag by Monsell, J. R.