A stiff brush used for freeing clothes from dirt or dust.
1724. Crouch, View Brit. Cust., 124 (Chambers). We say a round, a flat, or a square brush, clothes-brush, head-brush, [etc.].
1832. Lytton, Eugene A., IV. iv. (L.). It … smooths a man’s heart like a clothes-brush, wipes away the dust and dirt, and sets all the nap right.
