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lea  (l, l) also ley (l, l)

n.

A grassland; a meadow.

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[Middle English leie, from Old English lah; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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LEA (in Britain)

abbreviation for

(Social Science / Education) Local Education Authority

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lea¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Poetic a meadow or field

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) land that has been sown with grass seed

[Old English lēah; related to German dialect loh thicket]

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lea²

n

1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit for measuring lengths of yarn, usually taken as 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk, and 300 yards for linen

2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a measure of yarn expressed as the length per unit weight, usually the number of leas per pound

[of uncertain origin]

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Lea a measure of yarn which varies according to type, i.e., worsted [80 yards] or cotton [120 yards], 1399.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lea - a unit of length of thread or yarn linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length yard, pace - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
	2.	lea - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock grazing land, ley, pasture, pastureland common land, commons - a pasture subject to common use cow pasture - a pasture for cows grassland - land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life rural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

Translations

lea [liː] N (poet) → prado m

LEA [ˌɛliːˈeɪ] n abbr (British) (=local education authority) → académie f autorité locale chargée de l'enseignement

lea

n (poet) → Au(e) f (poet), → Wiesengrund m (liter)

LEA [ˌɛliːˈeɪ] n abbr (Brit) =Local Education Authority → Provveditorato agli Studi