leash

About 0.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
2. noun A brace and a half; a tierce.
3. noun A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, deer/bucks, and hares).
4. noun A group of three.
5. noun A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
6. noun A leg rope.
7. noun A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
8. verb To fasten or secure with a leash.

Similar words

rope tether troika lead trey trine threesome triad trinity trio

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Word family

leashed leashes leashing