Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A frame or bar over which towels are hung; a towel-horse.

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Examples

  • Snowy towels hung from a heated towel-rack, and the "convenience" was of the most modern flush-type.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.

    Babbit 2004

  • "And look at the towels and the little towel-rack," said Molly.

    The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

  • There is the hot-water towel-rack, which is connected with the hot-water system of the house and which heats the towels, and incidentally the dressing-room.

    The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

  • And instantly tears of self-pity bowed her head over the little towel-rack, and turned her heart to water.

    Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.

    Babbitt 1922

  • The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.

    Chapter 1 1922

  • The towel-rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel.

    Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • "And if she would only find us a towel-rack that didn't fall into twelve separate pieces like a Chinese puzzle every time a chap put a towel on it we'd be simply reveling in luxury."

    Behind the line A story of college life and football Ralph Henry Barbour 1907

  • The study and the adjoining bed-room were at last furnished to suit; The First Snow was hung, the "rug for the wash-stand" was in place, and the objectionable towel-rack had given way to a smaller but less erratic affair.

    Behind the line A story of college life and football Ralph Henry Barbour 1907

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