clothesline

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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.

Synonyms

washing line

chain

clotheshorse

cord

line

rope

🪢

wire

cloth-pole

airer

drying loft

Translations

Wäscheleine

corde à linge

waslijn

corda per stendere la biancher

estenedor

tendedero

wasdraad

étendoir

varal

estendal

Trockengestell

Kordel

catena

cintura

Kette

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/

Etymology

From clothes + line.