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clothesline en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/ (UK)
• klōthz'līn (UK)
• /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/ (US)
• klōthz'līn (US)

Etymology

From clothes + line.

Meanings

1. A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
   • 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. (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.

Forms

Coordinates

clotheshorse

Relateds

clotheshorse · clothes peg

Synonyms

washing line

Translations (58)

ko 빨랫줄 (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nn klessnor (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ta கொடி (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nn tørkestativ (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · bcl sablayan (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · cmn 曬衣繩 /晒衣绳 (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nb tørkestativ (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ru бельева́я верёвка (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · de Wäscheleine (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · pt estendal (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · fi pyykkinaru (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · yi גרעטשטריק (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · fr corde à linge (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ca estenedor (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · da tøjsnor (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · el σκοινί για άπλωμα ρούχων (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · gl tendal (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · mi tārawa kākahu horoi (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · sv tvättlina (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · hu szárítókötél (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · tl yangyangan (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · pt estendedouro (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ms ampaian baju (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nrf corde à lînge (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nl waslijn (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ky кийим-сап (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · az zivə (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · es tendal (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nl wasdraad (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · es tenderete (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · it linea di vestiti (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nn klesnor (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ja 物干し (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · da tørresnor (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ga líne éadaigh (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · jje 세답배 (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · pt tendal (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · hu ruhaszárító kötél (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · he חבל־כביסה (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ca fil d'estendre (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · gl tarandeira (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ja 物干し綱 (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · pt varal (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · is snúra (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · es cuerda para tender la ropa (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · cmn 晾衣繩 /晾衣绳 (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · ka სამკერვალო (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · bcl balaybayan (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nb klessnor (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · pl sznur do suszenia bielizny (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · es tendedero (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · nn kledesnor (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · uz kiyim liniyasi (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · mn хувцасны гэц (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · tsg buwaran (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · kk киім сызығы (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · mi tārawa horoi (a rope or cord for drying clothes) · is þvottasnúra (a rope or cord for drying clothes)

clothesline en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/ (UK)
• klōthz'līn (UK)
• /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/ (US)
• klōthz'līn (US)

Etymology

From clothes + line.

Meanings

1. (Australia, Canada, US, informal, transitive) 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.
   • "I turned around and the next thing I was taken out by this big guy. I'm not sure if he punched me or clothes-lined me," he said. 2014 February 21, “Ear-bite actor Clive Mantle was like 'big monster', court told”, in BBC News:
   • 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. 2014, Jonathan Wood, No Hero, Titan Books, →ISBN:
   • The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.

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