Abstract: The ceiling hung clothesline support is an H-shaped aluminum frame having a plurality of substantially parallel clotheslines. The frame is suspended from a ceiling using a rope and pulley system, with one rope connected to each corner of the frame. The rope and pulley system is operated by a crank, which may be a self-locking hand crank or a motor driven crank. The clothesline is lowered for loading and unloading clothes, and then elevated while in use or for storage. The use of a single pulley system with a crank and with ropes attached to all four corners of the frame ensures that the clotheslines remain horizontal regardless of the distribution of clothes.