Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A cord, rope, or wire on which clothes may be hung to dry or air.
- v. Sports To knock down (an opponent in an athletic contest) by hooking the neck with an outstretched arm.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A rope on which clothes are hung to dry after being washed.
Wiktionary
- n. A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
- v. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a cord on which clothes are hung to dry
Etymologies
- clothes + line (Wiktionary)
Examples
“More telling about age than her reference to a clothesline is her use of the word “drawers.””
“I know having a clothesline is very old-fashioned, but I love mine.”
“Paint the outside camo/cornfield color and stuff cornstalks in clothesline that is stapled around the outside.”
“THE POLITICS OF LITERATURE candidates 9/3/08 election news a woman spits up sticks & stones sharpening the darkness of her smile a poet the color of a crow on the clothesline is perfect”
ed markowski | candidates 9/3/08 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
“Really hope the new pull out clothesline is operational by the end of the day (ditto ‘wrongness’ when it comes to using a dryer in summer).”
“I think, when my kids are a bit older and more able to do without me here for an hour or so at a time, I might just start hanging out at the laundromat - at least on wet, cloudy days like today where the clothesline is not an option.”
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Laundromat Revolution!
“And it wasn't even that I was looking at it, because we were in the kitchen and you can't even see the clothesline from the kitchen.”
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: And the water rolls down the drain...
“Just because she knows what a clothesline is doesn’t make her a little old lady.”
“Install a solar powered clothes dryer (aka a clothesline).”
“The clothesline is the Maginot line in a battle over the right to conserve energy by drying laundry outdoors.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘clothesline’.
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lines
line-know-of-them
guy line, chorus line, party line, front line, foul line, life line, love line, bottom line, red line, credit line, by line, dotted line and 106 more...
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vivek's list
flibbertigibbet, droll, reticence, prelude, erinaceous, brinkmanship, depone, inaniloquent, limerance, pronk, onomatopoeia, oxymoron and 385 more...
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household
balustrade, porch swing, terrace, windowseat, foyer, breakfast nook, cellar, bay window, venetian blinds, canopy, hammock, hope chest and 69 more...
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for our consideration:
blancket, doppelgänger, lisps, mamihlapinatapai, utterly, hipster, detritus, bike, yawn, procrastinate, ☂, woof and 38 more...
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hazel
dimbox, flatwheeler, egg harbor, clothesline, whiskbroom, let's blouse, crabhanger, shifter, snugglepup, petting party, finale hopper, hiphound and 61 more...
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Laundry List
clothes, laundry, washer, dryer, detergent, lint, basket, hamper, bleach, clothespin, clothesline, laundromat and 10 more...
Tweets
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minouchette One who tells neighborhood stories Oct 8, 2010