[leesh] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| leash (lēsh) n.
To restrain with or as if with a leash. [Middle English lees, lesh, from Old French laisse, from laissier, to let go; see lease.] |
