clotheslined; clotheslining; clotheslines
: to knock down (someone, such as a football player) by catching by the neck with an outstretched arm
Examples of clothesline in a Sentence
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Hannah Dreier Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
The enormous shadows thrown by our bodies are us but not us,
like silhouettes of women moving behind white sheets
on a clothesline.
—Ansel Elkins, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2023
Cut a clothesline into pieces to fit your design, and singe the ends of each piece to prevent fraying.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
In general, most sheets should be washed in cool or lukewarm water and then tumble dried on low or hung outside on a clothesline to dry.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
Freeze said it himself during SEC Media Days: Ashford might have too much talent to hang on the clothesline during games.
—Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
The family remained in the Austrian refugee camp for four years, living in barracks with many other German ethnic families, each of their living quarters separated only by cardboard folded over a clothesline.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2023
George Kittle got involved and delivered a great clothesline to The Miz.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
The train trundles out of downtown and backward in time, piercing skyscrapers shrinking to concrete apartment blocks to single homes with vegetable gardens and bedsheets on clotheslines.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
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Noun
Green jackets used by the cleaning crews hang from porches and clotheslines, and residents leave hard hats with sanitation-company logos outside their doors.
—Hannah Dreier Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
The enormous shadows thrown by our bodies are us but not us,
like silhouettes of women moving behind white sheets
on a clothesline.
—Ansel Elkins, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2023
Cut a clothesline into pieces to fit your design, and singe the ends of each piece to prevent fraying.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
In general, most sheets should be washed in cool or lukewarm water and then tumble dried on low or hung outside on a clothesline to dry.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
Freeze said it himself during SEC Media Days: Ashford might have too much talent to hang on the clothesline during games.
—Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
The family remained in the Austrian refugee camp for four years, living in barracks with many other German ethnic families, each of their living quarters separated only by cardboard folded over a clothesline.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2023
George Kittle got involved and delivered a great clothesline to The Miz.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
The train trundles out of downtown and backward in time, piercing skyscrapers shrinking to concrete apartment blocks to single homes with vegetable gardens and bedsheets on clotheslines.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
Verb
Kevin McHale famously clotheslined Kurt Rambis in Game 4 of the 1984 Finals and was called for a common foul.
—Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2023
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clothesline
noun
clothes·line
-ˌlīn
: a line (as of cord) on which clothes may be hung to dry
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