LEASH
\lˈiːʃ], \lˈiːʃ], \l_ˈiː_ʃ]\
Definitions of LEASH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a figurative restraint; "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"
By Princeton University
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A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
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A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
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A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
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To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
By Oddity Software
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A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
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A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
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A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
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To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
By Noah Webster.
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A thong of leather or a long cord by which a hawk or hound is held.
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To tie or hold with a thong or cord.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A thong or line by which a hawk or a hound is held; a brace and a half; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; a band to tie anything with.
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To bind; to hold by a string. See Lease.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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