clothesline.
A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
Meaning & usage
A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.
A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.
The act of knocking 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.
Where this word comes from
From clothes + line.
To knock (a person) over by striking them across the neck or upper body with an outstretched arm, mimicking the motion of running into a low clothesline.
The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.
Where this word comes from
From clothes + line.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.