Definition of "clothesline" [clothes•line]

• A cord, rope, or wire on which clothes may be hung to dry or air. (noun)
• Sports To knock down (an opponent in an athletic contest) by hooking the neck with an outstretched arm. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "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."