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clothes tree

American  

noun

  1. an upright pole with hooks near the top for hanging coats, hats, etc.


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He first demonstrated it that year with a crude but scientifically overwhelming do-it-yourself kit: a kitchen chair, clothes tree, toy-sized four-inch magnet, pie-sized vacuum chamber made of window glass, brass and sealing wax.

From Time Magazine Archive

He first demonstrated this phenomenon with a crude but spectacular Rube Goldbergish kit: a kitchen chair, clothes tree, 4-in. electromagnet, pie-sized vacuum chamber made of glass, brass and sealing wax, all put together for $25.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite Actress Powell's willing energy, Astaire's best dancing partner turns out to be a clothes tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clothes hooks on back of door, or clothes tree.

From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Meloney, Mrs W.B.

He got out of the chair and went to the clothes tree to put on his coat.

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John