Associations to the word «Clothesline»

Wiktionary

CLOTHESLINE, noun. A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
CLOTHESLINE, verb. 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.

Dictionary definition

CLOTHESLINE, noun. A cord on which clothes are hung to dry.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca