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a polite fiction where both ends believe they're walking the other.
means a length of rope, cord, or strap used to hold and control an animal, most often a dog, by attaching it to a collar or harness.
from From Old French 'laisse,' a thong or cord for leading a dog, drawn from the Latin verb 'laxare,' to loosen or let go — itself from 'laxus,' loose or slack. There's a quiet irony baked into the root: the word for restraint grew from the word for slackening, the same Latin source that gives us 'lax' and 'release.' A leash, then, is etymologically the loose thing you let out — only later did it become the thing that holds.
- origin
- From Old French laisse, meaning to let go
- retractable risk
- Thin cords have severed fingers and caused burns
- legal weight
- Leash laws predate most modern traffic laws
- sled paradox
- Sled dogs pull hardest when given the most slack
flexileash dog retractable — invented by wilhelmine berlin in 1972, allows dogs up to 26 feet of freedom
pitbull leash laws denver — denver colorado banned pit bulls in 1989, requiring special leashes and muzzles