At the lower end of the clothesline was a strong steel snap.
Evan carefully and securely adjusted the harness upon the youngster and then snapped the contrivance at the end of the clothesline into the ring above the boy's head.
On the clotheslinedangled three undershirts, three pair of drawers and several mismated socks.
You better let the rest go, too," he advised the perturbed teacher, looking out at the four Boyle children huddled in the shelter of the shack, the skirts of the girl whipping in the wind like a pillowslip on a clothesline in a gale.
Then Jess washed both towels nicely with soap, rinsed them, and hung them on the clotheslineof tape, which she had stretched between two slender birch trees.
I know where there's a piece of clothesline that Aunt Jo'll let us take.
So the two little girls ran to get the clothesline and soon they were jumping rope.
A clothesline stretched on four posts formed a square, and from the clothesline depended brown paper bags of varying sizes, from large to tiny, each held by a slender string.
The bags were not very near together, there being only three or four on each side of theclothesline square.
It didn't prevent its use as a clothesline either, for he could hear perfectly when the wash was hanging on it.
I heard the other day of a man in an apartment house where the owner objected to aerials, who used the clothesline for that purpose.
Tukhi ang hayhayan arun dì magtuntun, Prop up the clothesline so it doesn’t sag.
Ayaw ilawlaw (lawláwa) ang hayhayan, Don’t make the clothesline so loose it sags.
Taas nga káhuy ang ituklang sa hayhayan arun dì masagyad ang hinayhay, Use a long bamboo pole to hold the clothesline to keep the wash from touching the ground.
Nayùyù ang hayhayan tungud sa kabug-at sa hinayhay, The clothesline sagged under the weight of the wash.
Aku ray musugpung sa hayhayan nga nabugtù, I’ll tie the clothesline that snapped back together.
Support for Double Clotheslines [318] Anyone using a double clothesline over pulleys will find the arrangement shown in Fig.
Cleena went to the well, tied herclothesline to the leaky old bucket and lowered it.
Cleena; and when she had done so he fastened it to the end of the clothesline and slowly lowered it into the shaft.
The foul and poisonous gases had mostly passed away, and the flame continued to burn as far down as the clothesline would reach.
Mr. Millington said the thing to do was to get a clothesline and attach it to Santa Claus's feet and pull him down.
So I jacked up the rear axle of the car in my backyard, and attached the clothesline as a belt to the rear wheel and to the drive wheel of the washing machine.
And when Mrs. Bunny saw them she was so excited that she pinned her thumb by mistake to the clothesline with a clothespin, and couldn't get away until Uncle Lucky pulled down the clothesline and Billy Bunny pulled off the clothespin.
He took his wife's clothesline to bind these logs together, so that they would form a raft, and Ojo found some strips of wood and nailed them along the tops of the logs, to render them more firm.
He found a loose end of theclothesline which fastened the logs together, and taking a gold nail from his pocket he bent it nearly double, to form a hook, and tied it to the end of the line.
As the other end of the clothesline was bound around the logs he could not get it away, and as he had greedily swallowed the gold hook at the first bite he could not get rid of that, either.
For the clothesline tight is fastened To the harvest apple tree, You can run and watch the melons, But the front gate you can't see.
Out he swam to where the piece of wood floated, still tied to the clothesline that was fast to the raft.
Russ, and the dog, which was used to swimming out into the lake and bringing back sticks that the children threw, swam on toward shore with the round piece of wood to which the clothesline was fastened still in his mouth.
He tied one end of the piece of clothesline to his raft, and on the other end of the line he made fast a round stick.
The first time that Johnnie tried to lasso her with a length of his mother's clothesline she started for home on a lumbering gallop.
Now, I want to know who left a clothesline in the room?
At the end of the twine Frank had connected it with a clothesline which he had borrowed from home.
And is that clothesline and those posts which support the clothesline and from which the line is stretched across the yard in the same position now as those posts were on that day?
Hanging a Clothesline Taut The line is equipped with rings, one at each end, used for convenience in quickly hanging the line, which is then drawn taut with a lever.
Folding Arms for Clothesline Posts The inconvenience of using a number of clothesline posts and the limited space available resulted in the making of a clothesline post as shown in the sketch.
Homemade Clothesline Reel [Illustration] It is much better to make a small reel, like the one shown, for a clothesline than to wind the line on the arm, the usual method of getting it into shape for putting away.
Clothesline Reel The usual method of reeling up a clothesline and taking it in is quite a task and many times the lines are left out in the open from one wash day to another, due to neglect or forgetfulness.
Illustration: A Post That Provides a Way to Hold Six Lines Taut without the Use of Props] A small box is fastened to one post, to provide a place for the clothesline and the clothespins.
The longer and larger end of the pole is used as a clothesline pole.
Illustration: A Bamboo Pole Cut in Three Pieces Makes a Window-Shade Stick, Duster Holder and Clothesline Pole (Fig.
The clothesline should be taken in after each using.
If clothesline or heavy wire is used, this must be of good quality, and well cared for.
Harry went on with his story, telling of their adventures, and the party shouted with laughter when he related the clothesline incident.
You better have that clothesline back by seven o'clock to-morrow morning," she warned the offender.
And to the back porch came Mrs. Gashwiler to say it was a good thing he'd got that clothesline back, and came her husband wishing to be told what outlandish notion Merton Gill would next get into the thing he called his head.
Probably a new clothesline didn't make the best rope--too stiff.
Merton Gill, and as a finishing touch he lashed the coiled clothesline to the front of the saddle.
There was a clothesline strung down the whole length of the kitchen.
Johnnie took down theclothesline and fell to making Knots Every Scout Should Know.
For example, he discontinued his clothesline telephone service; for another, he wasted no minute by introducing into the kitchen territory either foreign or domestic.
For an answer, the longshoreman swung a big arm over his own head and gave such a mighty pull at the clothesline that it came loose from its fastening at either end.
But his own misery was now great, for the clothesline was cutting into his wrists and ankles; while across the front of his body, the edge of the table was pressing into him like the blade of a dull knife.
Hastily the longshoreman threw his own coat over Johnnie, after which he swept together the several lengths of clothesline and flung them out of sight under the stove.
With a half-bend, he caught up a length of the clotheslinefrom the floor and doubled it.
Pee-wee's trusty clotheslinewas stretched between the little apple tree and the overhanging rhododendron bushes as an auxiliary mooring and to hold the island steady.
He was now aroused to the imminent peril of the Isle of Desserts and to the terrible responsibility which fell to the clothesline and the bushes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clothesline" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
