leash
意味
- (犬などをつなぐ)皮ひも,綱,鎖(くさり)
- 〈犬など〉を皮ひもなどでつなぐ
例文
As soon as I let go of the leash, the dog ran away.
綱を離すと犬は走り去った。
Tom keeps Mary on a short leash.
トムはメアリーを束縛してるんだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.