Definition of "clothespress" [clothes•press]

• A chest, closet, or wardrobe in which clothes are kept. (noun)

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• "The whole furniture consisted of a chair, a clothespress, and a large oak case, with squares cut out near the top resembling coach windows."
• "Then Arrhae shut the computer down, with a yawn not entirely feigned, went to the clothespress in the main room, and pulled out her carrybag."
• "Her steward was bustling around trying to feed her, and Arrhae had been trying to resist him, while attempting to put right the formal clothes that she had packed—they had all looked good in the clothespress, all these kilts and flowing dark tunics, but now they seemed to require endless belting and pinning to drape as they were meant to."