TETH'ER, noun [See Tedder.] A rope or chain by which a beast is confined for feeding within certain limits. TETH'ER, verb transitive To confine, as a beast, with a rope or chain for feeding within certain limits. [It would be well to write this word uniformly tedder.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI