clothesline

[ klohz-lahyn, klohth z- ]

/ ˈkloʊzˌlaɪn, ˈkloʊðz- /

a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.

Origin of clothesline

First recorded in 1820–30; clothes + line¹

And he'll clear marm's clothes-line at a leap as easy as you'd jump over a pair of bars.

Miss Elliot's Girls |Mrs Mary Spring Corning
Ezekiel Mason from the bottom of the buggy produced a long and stout piece of clothes-line.

A Cousin's Conspiracy |Horatio Alger
An Irishman sitting angling on the brink with an alder pole and a clothes-line.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 |Various
With that clothes-line Andrei Przenikowski and his wife hanged themselves, from one of the rafters in the cow-shed.

The Prairie Wife |Arthur Stringer

The family wash, clammy and gray, hangs on a clothes-line stretched across the room.

Children of the Tenements |Jacob A. Riis

clothesline

/ (ˈkləʊðzˌlaɪn) /

a piece of rope, cord, or wire on which clean washing is hung to dry or air