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Clothesline vs Clotheslined - What's the difference?

clothesline | clotheslined |

As verbs the difference between clothesline and clotheslined

is that clothesline is 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 while clotheslined is past tense of clothesline.

As a noun clothesline

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

clothesline

English

(wikipedia clothesline)

Alternative forms

* clothes line (UK )

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
    • Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.

    Synonyms

    * washing line

    Verb

    (clotheslin)
  • 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.
    • The ref called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.

    clotheslined

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clothesline)

    • clothesline

    English

    (wikipedia clothesline)

    Alternative forms

    * clothes line (UK )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
    • Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.

    Synonyms

    * washing line

    Verb

    (clotheslin)
  • 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.
    • The ref called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.