leash
leash [leash leashes leashed leashing] noun, verb BrE [liːʃ] NAmE [liːʃ]
noun (especially NAmE) (BrE also lead)
a long piece of leather, chain or rope used for holding and controlling a dog
•All dogs must be kept on a leash in public places.
see strain at the leash at ↑strain v.
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.
Example Bank:
•Once she was away from the road, she could let the dogs off the leash.
verb ~ sth
to control an animal, especially a dog, with a ↑lead
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.
See also: ↑lead
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