Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tether"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tether \Teth"er\, n. [Formerly tedder, OE. tedir; akin to LG.
tider, tier, Icel. tj[=o]?r, Dan. t["o]ir. [root]64.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tethered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tethering}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tether
n : restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: {leash}, {lead}]
v : tie with a tether; "tether horses"
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