Definition of "leash" in Englisch

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. (surfing) A leg rope.

7. (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.

verb

1. To fasten or secure with a leash.

2. (figuratively) to curb, restrain