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leash

noun
a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other animal.
⦅主に米⦆ (犬などをつなぐ)革ひも, 鎖, リード(⦅主に英⦆ lead)
Falconry a thong or string attached to the jesses of a hawk, used for tying it to a perch or a creance.
e.g. her bristling temper was kept on a leash
e.g. the state needs to let business off the leash.

verb with object
put a leash on (a dog).
〈犬など〉を革ひも[鎖, リード]でつなぐ
…を制御する, 抑制する.
e.g. his violence was barely leashed.

PHRASES
be eager to begin or do something.

ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’ (see lease).