LEA

pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley

(noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

lea

(noun) a unit of length of thread or yarn

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

lea (plural leas)

An open field, meadow.

XIX century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance

Etymology 2

Noun

lea (plural leas)

Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards.

Synonym: lay

A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Anagrams

• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, ael, ale

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lea

A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Lea

An English surname, a variant of Lee.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Lea

A river in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Greater London, England, also called the Lee, which flows into the River Thames at Poplar.

Anagrams

• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, ael, ale

Noun

LEA (plural LEAs)

(UK, education) Initialism of local education authority.

Initialism of law enforcement agent.

Anagrams

• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, ael, ale

Source: Wiktionary


Lea, n. Etym: [Cf. Lay, n. (that which is laid), 4.] (Textile Manuf.) (a) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay. (b) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Lea, n. Etym: [OE. ley, lay, As. leáh, leá; akin to Prov. G. lon bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. lucus grove, E. light, n.]

Definition: A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. "Plow-torn leas." Shak. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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