Definition of "lea" in Englisch

noun

1. An open field, meadow, pasture.

   • 19th century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;

noun

1. Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).

2. A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.