Clothesline vs Lariat - What's the difference?
clothesline | lariat |
A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry
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.
a lasso
*Around 1900 , O Henry,
*:Not so circumscribed in expedient for the reduction of surplus wealth were those lairds of the lariat who had womenfolk to their name.
a tether
(wrestling) An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.
As nouns the difference between clothesline and lariat
is that clothesline is a rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry while lariat is a lasso.As a verb 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.clothesline
English
(wikipedia clothesline)Alternative forms
* clothes line (UK )Noun
(en noun)- Hang this towel out on the clothesline for me.
Synonyms
* washing lineVerb
(clotheslin)- The ref called a personal foul, when he clotheslined the running back.