clothesline

[ klohz-lahyn, klohthz- ]

noun

1. a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.

clothesline

/ ˈkləʊðzˌlaɪn /

noun

1. a piece of rope, cord, or wire on which clean washing is hung to dry or air

Word History and Origins

Origin of clothesline¹

First recorded in 1820–30; clothes + line ¹

Example Sentences

“One of the things I did to myself is I didn't want the joke attached to time. If time was like a clothesline, I wanted to do it for as long as ever.”

From Salon

If time was like a clothesline, I wanted to do it for as long as ever.

From Salon

Other first responders also offered accounts — of babies beheaded, or hung from a clothesline, or killed together in a nursery, or placed in an oven – which were later debunked by Israeli reporters.

From Seattle Times

We’d clip them to a kind of clothesline that took them down to the composing room.

From Los Angeles Times

In early February, Albert Xhelili, 57, an artist visiting from Santa Fe, N.M., attracted onlookers when he started drawing charcoal portraits of the hostages that he hung on a clothesline in one of the tents on the square.

From New York Times

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