Leash

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. Shak.

2. A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. [I] kept my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson. Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson.

3. A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To tie together, or hold, with a leash.