lea

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[ lee, ley ]
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noun
  1. a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.

  2. land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop.

  1. a crop of hay on tillable land.

adjective
  1. untilled; fallow.

Origin of lea

1
before 900; Middle English lege, lei, Old English lēah; cognate with Old High German lōh, dialectal Dutch loo (as in Waterloo), Latin lūcus
  • Also ley [ley, lee] /leɪ, li/ .

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Other definitions for lea (2 of 4)

lea2
[ lee ]

noun
  1. 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).

  2. 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

2
1350–1400; perhaps back formation from Middle English lese, variant of leash

Other definitions for Lea (3 of 4)

Lea
[ lee for 1; lee-uh for 2 ]

noun
  1. Homer, 1876–1912, U.S. soldier and author: adviser 1911–12 to Sun Yat-sen in China.

  2. a female given name, form of Leah or Lee.

Other definitions for lea. (4 of 4)

lea.

abbreviation
  1. league.

  2. leather.

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British Dictionary definitions for lea (1 of 3)

lea1

/ (liː) /


noun
  1. poetic a meadow or field

  2. land that has been sown with grass seed

Origin of lea

1
Old English lēah; related to German dialect loh thicket

British Dictionary definitions for lea (2 of 3)

lea2

/ (liː) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. a measure of yarn expressed as the length per unit weight, usually the number of leas per pound

Origin of lea

2
C14: of uncertain origin

British Dictionary definitions for LEA (3 of 3)

LEA

abbreviation for(in Britain)
  1. Local Education Authority

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