lea

CEFRC2

/liː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An open area of grass, especially in the countryside.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The sheep were grazing peacefully in the green lea.

  • The wild horses ran across the green lea.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /leɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).

  2. An open field, meadow, pasture.

More examples

In context

  • We walked across the flowery lea during our summer hike.

  • 19th century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;

  • The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”), from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-West Germanic *lauh (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (“in placenames”)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse lō (“clearing, meadow”).