leash en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /liːʃ/ (UK, US)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
A stout woman upholstered in velvet, her flabby cheeks too much massaged, swirled by with her poodle straining at its leash
1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned:like a fawning greyhound in the leash
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]:
- (obsolete) A brace and a half; a tierce.
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(collective, obsolete) A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, deer/bucks, and hares).
Coordinate term: brace
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(collective, obsolete) A group of three.
[I] kept my chamber a leash of days.
1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):It had an odd promiscuous tone, / As if h' had talk'd three parts in one; / Which made some think, when he did gabble, / Th' had heard three labourers of Babel; / Or Cerberus himself pronounce / A leash of languages at once.
1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto I.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers; and can call them all by their Christian names, as, Tom, Dick, and Francis.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):An I could climb and lay my hand upon it, / Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings.
1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 39:
- A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
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A leg rope.
Probably the idea was around before that, but the first photo of the leash in action was published that year
1980 February, Drew Kampion, “As Years Roll By (1970's Retrospective”, in Surfing, page 43:
- A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leashes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
in leash · leashlike · strain at the leash · short leash · off-leash · urinary leash · traffic leash · leashless · on-leash · on a tight leash
Hypernyms
Synonyms
trio · see Thesaurus:trio · lead
Translations (101)
pt guia (long cord for dogs) · oc estaca (long cord for dogs) · fi talutushihna (long cord for dogs) · be шво́рка (long cord for dogs) · sh поводац (long cord for dogs) · fa افسار سگ (long cord for dogs) · hi चेन (long cord for dogs) · cy tennyn (long cord for dogs) · fo reim (long cord for dogs) · bo འདོགས་ཐག (long cord for dogs) · ja 綱 (long cord for dogs) · cmn 皮帶 /皮带 (long cord for dogs) · fr laisse (long cord for dogs) · mk ре́менче (long cord for dogs) · eo kondukilo (long cord for dogs) · ka საბელი (long cord for dogs) · eo gvidrimeno (long cord for dogs) · eo kondukrimeno (long cord for dogs) · de Hundeleine (long cord for dogs) · mk тро́јка (a set of three) · yi הונטרימען (long cord for dogs) · es correa (long cord for dogs) · ko 목줄 (long cord for dogs) · fi hihna (long cord for dogs) · he רְצוּעָה (long cord for dogs) · ru поводо́к (long cord for dogs) · cic shtalakchi' (long cord for dogs) · de Leine (long cord for dogs) · is ól (long cord for dogs) · ja リード (long cord for dogs) · sh povodac (long cord for dogs) · eo kondukŝnuro (long cord for dogs) · ro triplet (a set of three) · nl lijn (long cord for dogs) · de Troika (a set of three) · de Triade (a set of three) · ru тро́йка (a set of three) · de Dreier (a set of three) · gd iall (long cord for dogs) · mk ре́мен (long cord for dogs) · uk поводо́к (long cord for dogs) · bg каи́шка (long cord for dogs) · hu vezető szár (long cord for dogs) · cs vodítko (long cord for dogs) · lb Léngt (long cord for dogs) · no kobbel (long cord for dogs) · tr gezdirme kayışı (long cord for dogs) · oc cordilha (long cord for dogs) · gl trela (long cord for dogs) · mi taura here (long cord for dogs) · ro lesă (long cord for dogs) · de Triplett (a set of three) · no lenke (long cord for dogs) · uk шво́ра (long cord for dogs) · th สายจูง (long cord for dogs) · ca corretja (long cord for dogs) · el τριάδα (a set of three) · gl correa (long cord for dogs) · mk ка́иш (long cord for dogs) · gd lomhainn (long cord for dogs) · ar رِبَاط (long cord for dogs) · is hundaól (long cord for dogs) · tr tasma (long cord for dogs) · cmn 紲 /绁 or 絏 /绁 (long cord for dogs) · ru при́вязь (long cord for dogs) · sk vôdzka (long cord for dogs) · hu póráz (long cord for dogs) · be пры́вязь (long cord for dogs) · es laja (long cord for dogs) · uk повіде́ць (long cord for dogs) · es traílla (long cord for dogs) · mi pōtete (long cord for dogs) · ru компле́кт из трёх предме́тов (a set of three) · it guinzaglio (long cord for dogs) · uk при́в'язь (long cord for dogs) · fi lieka (long cord for dogs) · pt trela (long cord for dogs) · ru тро́е (a set of three) · nl drietal (a set of three) · cic ishtalakchi' (long cord for dogs) · egy s-S:d-V12 (long cord for dogs) · be павадо́к (long cord for dogs) · hi छीन लेना (long cord for dogs) · af leiband (long cord for dogs) · fi talutin (long cord for dogs) · da hundesnor (long cord for dogs) · ja 革紐 (long cord for dogs) · mk по́водник (long cord for dogs) · ru сво́ра (long cord for dogs) · fa قلاده (long cord for dogs) · grc κυνοῦχος (long cord for dogs) · ru по́вод (long cord for dogs) · pl smycz (long cord for dogs) · bg тройка (a set of three) · km ខ្សែ (long cord for dogs) · fo hundareim (long cord for dogs) · ms cawak (long cord for dogs) · sv koppel (long cord for dogs) · mk ла́нец (long cord for dogs) · el λουρί (long cord for dogs) · no leiebånd (long cord for dogs)