英和和英

名詞

clothes-brush (複数形 clothes-brushes)

1. A type of brush designed for dusting and tidying (especially formal) clothes.

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語源

clothes +‎ brush

名詞

clothesbrush (複数形 clothesbrushes)

1. A brush for the clothes.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:

     Its removal revealed another case covered with dust. This we extracted from the iron chest without any difficulty, and removed the accumulated filth of years from it with a clothes-brush.

   • 1941, Consumers' research bulletin annual (page 218)

     Probably the most effective clothesbrushes are those with fairly stiff bristles, about 3/4 to 1 in. long, with tufts set 1/5 in. (preferably 1/4 in.) or more apart.