leash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leash	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for leash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leash n restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal Synonym(s): leash, tether, lead the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one Synonym(s): three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace 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" Synonym(s): collar, leash v fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: rope, leash]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leash \Leash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leashing}.] To tie together, or hold, with a leash.