lea
1a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop.
a crop of hay on tillable land.
untilled; fallow.
Origin of lea
1- Also ley [ley, lee] /leɪ, li/ .
Other definitions for lea (2 of 4)
a measure of yarn of varying quantity, for wool usually 80 yards (73 meters), cotton and silk 120 yards (110 meters), linen 300 yards (274 meters).
Textiles.
a unit length used to ascertain the linear density of yarns.
a count or number representing units of linear measure per pound in linen or cotton yarn: a 20-lea yarn.
Origin of lea
2Other definitions for Lea (3 of 4)
Other definitions for lea. (4 of 4)
league.
leather.
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How to use lea in a sentence
I got t'irty-six tenement houses wid at leas' two hundered woters to de house.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York | Lemuel Ely QuiggLeas'wise, dar ain't nobody fur me to repote myse'f to, an' dar ain't nobody to gimme no ordahs.
Back Home | Irvin S. CobbThe long or uncut flax to be spun into yarns averaging 30 leas per lb.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreLike Horseley, Ashley, Oakley and a thousand other leas or leys distinguished from each other by some local characteristic.
Notes & Queries 1849.12.15 | VariousAs you look down on them from the western end of the Leas, you see them crowding the very margin.
The Sea Lady | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for lea (1 of 3)
/ (liː) /
poetic a meadow or field
land that has been sown with grass seed
Origin of lea
1British Dictionary definitions for lea (2 of 3)
/ (liː) /
a unit for measuring lengths of yarn, usually taken as 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk, and 300 yards for linen
a measure of yarn expressed as the length per unit weight, usually the number of leas per pound
Origin of lea
2British Dictionary definitions for LEA (3 of 3)
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