airer
(ˈɛərə(r))
[f. air v. + -er1.]
One who or that which airs; spec. a frame on which clothes are aired.
| 1775 Ash, Airer, One that exposes to the air. a 1884 Mod. He is an airer of most absurd opinions. 1884 Manchester Examiner 10 Dec. 3/6 Mrs. Jackson is no rabid airer of grievances. 1920 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 3/3 The ‘airers’ of wounded soldiers were dreaming of jaunts without hospital blue. 1959 Which? Aug. 94/1 Airer Driers..all work on the same basic principle. Washing is spread out on horizontal rods and is dried by warm air from an electric heater. |