单词 | clothesline |
释义 | clotheslinen. 1. A rope or line on which washed clothes may be hung to dry. Also frequently as a mass noun: strong cord, thin rope, or wire suitable to be used in this way. ΚΠ 1702 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. sig. Q2/3 A Clothes-line. 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Sept. 87 Clock, Jack, and Clothes-lines should be made with six-penny Riga Hemp. 1801 Morning Chron. 24 Nov. There are at present in the School nineteen Male and ten Female Pupils employed either in the Manufacture of Baskets, Sash Cord, Clothes Line, or in Spinning Flax. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. i 12 I see two poles for clothes-lines. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 102 Helped his wife to peg out the washing on the clothes line in the meadow. 1997 C. Shields Larry's Party xii. 235 Dorrie slung these same laundered jockey shorts on to the length of clothesline Larry had strung between the water pipes. 2009 A. Sinclair Dirt Roads & High Topped Shoes 31 The rug was rolled up, taken outside, and hung over the clothesline. 2. Chiefly U.S. Sport. A blow across the neck (or sometimes head) with an outstretched arm; a move in which a person is knocked down with such a blow by placing an outstretched arm in his or her path (cf. clothesline v.); (American Football) a tackle effected with such a blow (more fully clothesline tackle). ΚΠ 1954 Nevada State Jrnl. 19 Oct. 12/3 (caption) Sharp blocking and a clothesline tackle are demonstrated in one shot. 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) Feb. 56/2 I'd like to see the Warrior do three or four moves in the ring... He has a clothesline..but that's it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). clotheslinev. Chiefly U.S. Sport. transitive. To knock (a person) down with a blow to the neck (or sometimes head), esp. by placing an outstretched arm in his or her path; (American Football) to tackle (a player) in this way. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (transitive)] > actions to players tackle1884 nail1888 block1889 quarterback1892 rough1904 rush1913 to fake out1931 straight-arm1934 submarine1941 red-dog1950 clothesline1959 spear1964 sack1969 1959 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 15 Aug. 6/2 He was supposed to swing tight. I think one of the Colts' pluggers clotheslined him (accidentally hit him across the throat). 1970 B. Libby Life in Pit vi. 85 Deacon drove at Browns' quarterback Gary Lane and ‘clothes-lined’ him, wrapping a straight arm under his head. 1999 D. Century Street Kingdom vi. 191 He reached out from the pay phone to clothesline Dante as they came past. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1702v.1959 |
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