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Leashed

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leash

  [leesh]
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–noun
1. a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
2. check; curb; restraint: to keep one's temper in leash; a tight leash on one's subordinates.
3. Hunting. a brace and a half, as of foxes or hounds.
–verb (used with object)
4. to secure, control, or restrain by or as if by a leash: to leash water power for industrial use.
5. to bind together by or as if by a leash; connect; link; associate.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME lesh, var. of lece, lese < OF laisse. See lease 1
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leash   (lēsh)   
n.  

  1. A chain, rope, or strap attached to the collar or harness of an animal, especially a dog, and used to lead it or hold it in check.

  2. Control or restraint: emotions kept in leash.

    1. A set of three animals, such as hounds.

    2. A set of three.

tr.v.   leashed, leash·ing, leash·es
To restrain with or as if with a leash.

[Middle English lees, lesh, from Old French laisse, from laissier, to let go; see lease.]
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Word Origin & History

leash 
"thong for holding a dog or hound," c.1300, from O.Fr. laisse, from laissier "loosen," from L. laxare, from laxus "loose" (see lax). Fig. senses are attested from c.1430. The verb is from 1599. The noun meaning "a set of three" is from c.1320, originally in sporting language.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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