What does "tether" mean?
Tether: A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.
Additional senses
- 2.To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. Wordsworth.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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