leash

Meanings

Noun

• 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, 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.

Verb

• To fasten or secure with a leash.
• to curb, restrain

Origin

• 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), from Latin laxa ("thong, a loose cord"), feminine form of laxus; compare lax. laisse.