leash

Meaning

Noun

1. A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
2. (obsolete) A brace and a half; a tierce.
3. (obsolete) A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares;)
4. (obsolete) A group of three.
5. A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
6. A leg rope.
7. A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.

Verb

1. To fasten or secure with a leash.
2. (figuratively) to curb, restrain

Synonyms

lead

tether

strap

rope

🪢

thong

knot

🪢

couple

👫

threesome

three

line

tie

brace

tierce

belt

collar

rein

span

boar

🐗

bind

barrel

bike

🚲

chain

cartload

bevy

chowder

circle

⭕

clamour

clip

cloud

☁️

cluster

band

ascension

busyness

drift

business

bury

corps

control

bunch

bed

🛏️

attach

covey

connect

drove

erst

exaltation

family

👪

fasten

field

conjoin

Translations

laisse

guinzaglio

Leine

correa

Hundeleine

traílla

λουρί

corretja

coleira

trela

يتطفل

longe

drietal

tenere al guinzaglio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: leesshe

Cognate with French: laisse

In summary

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.