clothesline
clothesline Lexical Profile
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• noun
A rope, cord, or wire stretched between two supports, upon which freshly washed garments and linens are hung to dry.
"She pinned the damp bedsheets onto the backyard clothesline to dry in the warm afternoon breeze."
North American In gridiron football, wrestling, and other contact sports, a forceful tackle or maneuver in which a player strikes an opponent across the neck or upper chest with an extended arm.
"The linebacker received a fifteen-yard penalty for executing a dangerous clothesline on the wide receiver."
• verb
North American To tackle or knock down an opponent by striking them across the neck or upper chest with an outstretched arm.
"The referee immediately blew the whistle after the defender clotheslined the ball carrier near the sideline."
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