Noah Webster
Leash
LEASH, noun [Latin laqueus.]
1. A thong of leather, or long line by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
2. Among sportsmen, a brace and a half; tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks and hares.
3. A band wherewith to tie any thing.
LEASH, verb transitive To bind; to hold by a string.