leash.
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
Meaning & usage
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
A brace and a half; a tierce.
A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, deer/bucks, and hares).
A group of three.
A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
A leg rope.
A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.
To fasten or secure with a leash.
to curb, restrain
Where this word comes from
From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.
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