Definitions

1. noun

a line or cord, typically stretched between two points, used for drying clothes, especially outside a house.

“She hung her laundry on the clothesline to dry in the sun.”

2. noun

a device, typically consisting of a series of parallel wires or strings, used for drying clothes in a factory or laundry.

“The factory used a clothesline system to dry the fabric after washing.”

3. verb

to hang (clothes) on a line or cord, typically outside a house, to dry.

“Let’s clothesline the laundry to save energy.”