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lea - What does it mean?

Definition of 'lea'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • an open field, meadow
  • *XIX century , Alfred Tennyson,
  • *:Two children in two neighbor villages
  • *:Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas ;
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) lier, to bind

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
  • A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    Similar to 'lea'

    la, loa, laya