lea

plural leas · alternative leigh · alternative ley · alternative lay

1. An open field, meadow, pasture.

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

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   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.

   1750, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

plural leas

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

   Synonyms: rap

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

1. A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.

1. An English surname from Middle English, a variant of Lee.

1. A river in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Greater London, England, also called the Lee, which flows into the River Thames at Poplar.
2. A village in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3257).
3. A village and civil parish in south-east Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6521).
4. A village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4930).
5. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8286).
6. A village in Lea and Cleverton parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9586).
7. A former civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, merged into Doddington and District civil parish in 2023.

plural LEAs

1. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of law enforcement agency.
2. EnglandWalesabbreviationhistoricalinitialismeducationInitialism of local education authority.
3. IrelandabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of local electoral area.