tether : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tether	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tether
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tether n restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal Synonym(s): leash, tether, lead v tie with a tether; "tether horses"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tether \Teth"er\, n. [Formerly tedder, OE. tedir; akin to LG. tider, tier, Icel. tj[d3][?]r, Dan. t[94]ir. [fb]64.] A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tethered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tethering}.] To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. --Wordsworth.