clothesline

Meanings

Noun

• A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
• A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.
• 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 his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.

Origin

• clothes + line