clothesline

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a cord on which clothes are hung to dry

Definition categories: man–made, cord

Sentences with clothesline as a noun:

- Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.

verb

1. 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.

- The ref called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.