clothesline

Composé de clothes et de line.

clothesline \ˈkloʊz.ˌlaɪn\ ou \ˈkloʊðz.ˌlaɪn\ (États-Unis), \ˈkləʊz.ˌlaɪn\ ou \ˈkləʊðz.ˌlaɪn\ (Royaume-Uni)

1. Corde à linge.
   • “Hanging clothes was the norm prior to the advent of the suburban ideal of modern living in the 1950s. Partly driven by the need to get women back out in the workforce after World War II, partly the need to sell electricity and the appliances being invented to use it, and partly by a idealised notion of progress, clotheslines became a symbol of the life people were leaving behind.” — (Dave Rapaport cité par Tom Geoghegan, The fight against clothes line bans, BBC News, 7 octobre 2010)
2. (Catch) Coup de la corde à linge.

• clothes line