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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Tether

Tēth'er, n.

noun

n. [See TEDDER.] A rope or chain by which a beast is confined for feeding within certain limits.

Tēth'er, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. TETHERED; p. pr. & vb. n. TETHERING.] To confine, as a beast, with a rope or chain, for feeding within certain limits.

And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. Wordsworth.