clothesline
Pronunciation
  • (British) enPR: klōthz'līn, IPA: /ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/
  • (America) enPR: klōthz'līn, IPA: /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/
Noun

clothesline (plural clotheslines)

  1. A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
    Synonyms: washing line
    cot en
    Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.
  2. A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.
  3. (North America, informal) 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.
Translations Verb

clothesline (clotheslines, present participle clotheslining; past and past participle clotheslined)

  1. (North America, 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.
    The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.
    • 2014, Jonathan Wood, No Hero, Titan Books (ISBN 9781781168134)
      One beast jams out its arm, as if to clothesline me, jagged claws poised to take my head off at the neck. I let my feet fall from under me, throwing my legs forward, praying for some momentum, ducking and sliding, a mad limbo to freedom.



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