clothesline

[ klohz-lahyn, klohthz- ]
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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.

Origin of clothesline

1
First recorded in 1820–30; clothes + line1

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How to use clothesline in a sentence

  • The socks we made out of a shirt which came from the clothes-line of some haus-frau.

  • The pleasantest and best way to clean rugs, however, is to take them out of doors and beat them on the grass or on a clothes line.

  • She went over with all the helpless, dead-weight violence of a man who has caught his toe on a drooping clothes line in the dark.

    Blow The Man Down | Holman Day
  • I never owned but one and he got choked tu deth bi a kink in a clothes line, but not until he had swallered 18 feet ov it.

    Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler Shaw
  • While she was giving more wash-outs to them clothes that did have a fall while the clothes-line did break, she did sing.

    The Story of Opal | Opal Whiteley

British Dictionary definitions for clothesline

clothesline

/ (ˈkləʊðzˌlaɪn) /


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

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