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.

(Canada, US, informal, transitive) 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.

plural of clothesline

simple past tense and past participle of clothesline

present participle of clothesline