tether
noun
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
was tethering
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past progressiveof tether.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Freeman had dismounted, and was tethering his horse.
From The Golden Fleece, a romance by Julian Hawthorne
Their progress was checked, then, and she knew he was at the hitching straps, and that he was tethering the animals 225 to the trees.
From Children of the Desert by Louis Dodge
