Lea

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: lee, Lee, Leigh

From Middle English legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from Old English lēah ("clearing in a forest") from Proto-Germanic *lauhō ("meadow"), from Proto-Indo-European *louk- ("field, meadow"). Akin to Old Frisian lāch ("meadow"), Old Saxon lōh ("forest, grove") (Middle Dutch loo ("forest, thicket"); Dutch -lo), Old High German lōh ("covered clearing, low bushes"), Old Norse lō ("clearing, meadow").

Alternative forms

• leigh, ley

Full definition of lea

Noun

1. an open field, meadow
• XIX century, Alfred Tennyson, Two children in two neighbor villagesPlaying mad pranks along the heathy leas;

Middle English, from French lier, to bind

Noun

1. Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
2. A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Anagrams

• ale, ELA, LAE