leash

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign