upon impact therewith the stepped bottom surfaces 39 40 provide a smooth surface presenting a low resistance to sliding motion of damp clothes in the tangential direction and in the direction of downward sliding motion of clothes along the bottom slope and a relatively rough surface presenting a high resistance to relative sliding motion of damp cloth in contact with said surface in the direction up the slope which increases the tendency of the clothes to turn over the smooth surfaces 39 40 are shown to be generally horizontal for clarity of the drawings but are preferably sloped downwardly toward wall 34 and post 36 respectively so as to further enhance sliding motion in the radially outward and radially inward directions respectively in such a basket clothes would tend to move as indicated by arrows 41 42 43 and 44 the net overall result of the combination of tendencies of motion would be a reduction of turnover motion due to the position of the peak 45 in the basket bottom the turnover motion and the turnaround motion in the direct slope portion of the basket above bottom wall ring 32 would tend to dominate so that overall motion of clothes within the basket would tend to follow the arrows 41 42 but the velocity of the clothes motion would be reduced due to the tendency of the counteracting motion in the reverse slope portion of the basket above bottom wall ring 31 to move clothes in the direction of arrows 43 44 drain holes 46 provide passages for.