clothes line 
noun
A rope or wire on which washed clothes are hung to dry.She didn't dare fly with all the clothes lines strung across the alley, she could get stuck and hurt, then they would catch her and hurt her more....
- This resulted in a large tangled web of clothes lines crossing and re-crossing above my head on the ceiling.
- We must have looked stupid roped together with a clothes line.
verb
(clothesline) [with object] North American informal (Chiefly in football and other sports) knock down (a runner) by placing one’s outstretched arm in their path at neck level: Ramon clotheslined Owen to the floor...
- He then tackles his opponent's legs and Dude clotheslines him, knocking him unconscious when his head hits the ground.
- We did have a goal disallowed thanks to one of our players clotheslining their goalie.
- But Julian practically clotheslines me with his arm to stop me from moving.