What does leash mean?we found 2 entries for the meaning of leash
 

Leash \Leash\, n. [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse, LL. laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See Lax.]

1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.

Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. --Shak.

2. (Sporting) 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.

[I] kept my chamber a leash of days. --B. Jonson.

Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. --Tennyson.

3. (Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Leash \Leash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Leashing.]

To tie together, or hold, with a leash.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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