clothesline

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

Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.

A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.

The act of knocking 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.

To knock (a person) over by striking them across the neck or upper body with an outstretched arm, mimicking the motion of running into a low clothesline.

The referee called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.

One beast jams out its arm, as if to clothesline me, jagged claws poised to take my head off at the neck. I let my feet fall from under me, throwing my legs forward, praying for some momentum, ducking and sliding, a mad limbo to freedom.