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)
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