糸いとを張はる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

stretch a string; string a line

Used for setting up a string or thread under tension, such as a clothesline, a chalk line, or a guide string for crafts or construction.

• 庭にわに洗せん濯たく物ものを干ほすために糸いとを張はった。

  I stretched a string in the garden to hang laundry.

• 大だい工くがまっすぐな線せんを引ひくために糸いとを張はる。

  The carpenter stretches a string to draw a straight line.