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
lea (plural leas)
An open field, meadow.
• XIX century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance
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.
• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, ael, ale
Lea
A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.
Lea
An English surname, a variant of Lee.
Lea
A river in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Greater London, England, also called the Lee, which flows into the River Thames at Poplar.
• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, ael, ale
LEA (plural LEAs)
(UK, education) Initialism of local education authority.
Initialism of law enforcement agent.
• 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
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
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