noun
valet
A stand for holding clothes ready to wear.
The jacket hangs on a wooden valet beside the bed.
Etymology
A valet attended to a person's clothes. The furniture-name transfers that service role to a stand that keeps garments arranged and ready.
More examples
- He placed his trousers across the valet's bar.
- The valet kept tomorrow's clothes ready.
- A small valet stood in the corner of the bedroom.
Forms
valet · valets
Similar words
- clothes stand
- The plain descriptive equivalent.