Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cut one's cloth to suit one's purse

To settle for less when money (or resources) is tight.

Any type of weather can be endured if adequate clothing is worn.

A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry. / A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.

(Canada, US, informal, transitive) To knock (a person) over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.

A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.

(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.

A frame on which laundry is hung to dry. / (figuratively) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.

plural of clotheshorse

A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.