Definitions
a figurative restraint
Word origin
From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.
Used in a sentence
“A stout woman upholstered in velvet, her flabby cheeks too much massaged, swirled by with her poodle straining at its leash”
“like a fawning greyhound in the leash”
“Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers; and can call them all by their Christian names, as, Tom, Dick, and Francis.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Pet restraint”5 letters
02“Dog restraint”5 letters
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