lea

- 5 dictionary results

1 [lee, ley]

–noun

1.	a tract of open ground, esp. grassland; meadow.

2.	land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop.

3.	a crop of hay on tillable land.

–adjective

4.	untilled; fallow.

Also, ley.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME lege, lei, OE lēah; c. OHG lōh, dial. D loo (as in Waterloo), L lūcus

2 [lee]

–noun

1.	a measure of yarn of varying quantity, for wool usually 80 yards (73 m), cotton and silk 120 yards (110 m), linen 300 yards (274 m).

Textiles.

a.	a unit length used to ascertain the linear density of yarns.

b.	a count or number representing units of linear measure per pound in linen or cotton yarn: a 20-lea yarn.

Origin:
1350–1400; perh. back formation from ME lese, var. of leash

Le⋅a

[lee for 1; lee-uh for 2]

–noun

1.	Homer, 1876–1912, U.S. soldier and author: adviser 1911–12 to Sun Yat-sen in China.

2.	a female given name, form of Leah or Lee.

lea (lē, lā)

n. A grassland; a meadow.

[Middle English leie, from Old English lēah; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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