Leash

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 234

lesh, n. A thong of leather, or line, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. (Sport in a.) A brace and a half; 3 creatures of any kind, esp. greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; the number 3 in general; a band where with to tie anything. — V. t. [LEASHED (lesht), LEASHING.] To bind, hold by a string.