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   Leash

   /lēSH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other animal. Similar leadreintetherropecordchainlinestraprestraintarchaic:lyam
   • ▪ a thong or string attached to the jesses of a hawk, used for tying it to a perch or a creance.
   • ▪ a restraint: "her bristling temper was kept on a leash" Similar controlrestraintcheckcurbreinholddiscipline

   verb

   • 1. put a leash on (a dog): "he called Azor to heel so that he could leash him" Similar put a leash onput a lead onfastenhitch uptethertie upsecurebindfetterconfinerestrainOpposite unleashrelease
   • ▪ restrain: "his violence was barely leashed" Similar curbcontrolkeep under controlcheckrestrainhold backsuppressOpposite unleashrelease

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’ (see lease).

   Scrabble Points: 8

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