tethern.

Brit.

/ˈtɛðə/, U.S.

/ˈtɛðər/

Forms: α. Middle English tethir, ( thether), 1500s teyther, 1500s–1700s teather, 1600s tither, teither, 1500s– tether. β. Middle English tedyr, Middle English tedyre, Middle English–1600s teder, 1500s teddir, tedure, teeder, 1500s–1700s (1800s dialect) tedder, 1600s teddar ( tedir).

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: At first a northern word: apparently < Old Norse tjóðr ‘tether’ (Icelandic and Faroese tjóður, Swedish tjuder); corresponding to 15th cent. West Frisian tyader, tieder; Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tûder, tudder, Low German tüder, tüdder, töder, tider, tier, tir, Dutch tuier, all in sense ‘tether’. Compare also Old High German *ziotar, zeotar, Middle High German zieter (still in Bavarian dialect, Hess. zetter) in sense ‘fore-pole or team’. A corresponding Old English *téoðor has not been found. The word points to an Old Germanic *teudra-, pre-Germanic *deutro-, from a verb-stem *deu- to fasten, with instrumental suffix -tro.

1. A rope, cord, or other fastening by which a horse, cow, or other beast is tied to a stake or the like, so as to confine it to the spot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether

tether1376

sealc1440

solec1440

picket line1768

head rope1810

leg rope1826

trail-rope1826

lariat1835

riata1846

mecate1849

hitching-weight1852

tie-strap1875

1376–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 386 In duobus thethers et j feterlok emp. pro equis.

1394–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 599 In 3 Tethirs cum paribus de langalds.

1396–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 214 1 tedyr.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 728/1 Hoc ligatorium, a tedyre.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. li^v But make thy horse to long a tedure.

1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 207 ij wayne roopes, j haire teder xij^d.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. D2 Who coueteth to tie the Lambe and the Lion in one tedder maketh a brawle.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 151 A peece of an olde broken teather.

1669 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 133 Ane hair tedir 0. 13. 4.

1688 London Gaz. No. 2368/4 Stolen out of the Tether.., a dark brown Gelding.

1786 R. Burns Poems 62 As Mailie, an her lambs thegither, Were ae day nibbling on the tether.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. 70 A delicate colt at the end of each tether.

2. Applied to a rope used for other purposes.

†a. A boat's painter; a tow-rope. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > painter

boat rope1336

seizing1336

tether?1504

painter1699

cut-rope1909

putty1927

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.vi Wher was a boote tyed with a teeder.

a1817 W. Muir Poems (1818) 12 (E.D.D.) I saw her in a tether Draw twa sloops after ane anither.

b. A rope for hanging malefactors; a halter.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope

ropeeOE

withec1275

cordc1330

snarea1425

tippet1447

girnc1480

halter1481

widdie1508

tether?a1513

hemp1532

Tyburn tippet1549

John Roper's window1552

neckweed1562

noose1567

horse-nightcap1593

tow1596

Tyburn tiffany1612

piccadill1615

snick-up1620

Tyburn piccadill1620

necklacea1625

squinsy1632

Welsh parsley1637

St. Johnston's riband1638

string1639

Bridport daggera1661

rope's end1663

cravat1680

swing1697

snecket1788

death cord1804

neckclothc1816

St. Johnston's tippet1816

death rope1824

mink1826

squeezer1836

yard-rope1850

necktie1866

Tyburn string1882

Stolypin's necktie1909

widdieneckc1920

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Lyk to ane stark theif glowrand in ane tedder.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 175 They tuik ane hardin tedder and hangit him ower the brige of Lawder.

17.. Sheriff-Muir xvii, in Sel. Coll. Sc. Ballads (1790) III. 65 Then in a tether He'll swing from a ladder.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 11 Weems cried out, ‘Hang it in a tether’.

a. figurative. The cause or measure of one's limitation; the radius of one's field of action; scope, limit.

ΚΠ

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 18/1 Men must not passe their tedder.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 235 A large Teather, and greater priviledge then ever the Crown had.

1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 84 The length of his short Tedder of Understanding.

1734 A. Pope Corr. 19 Dec. (1956) III. 445 We soon find the shortness of our Tether.

1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xiv. 106 Gin his mither has been jist raither saft wi' him, and gi'en him ower lang a tether.

b. A bond or fetter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which

fetterOE

shackle?c1225

cagec1300

chainc1374

to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380

corda1382

gablea1555

obligation1582

hamper1613

tethera1628

girdlea1630

confiner1654

trammela1657

cramp1719

swathe1864

tie1868

lockstep1963

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which

fetterOE

shackle?c1225

cagec1300

chainc1374

to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380

corda1382

gablea1555

obligation1582

manacle1587

hamper1613

tethera1628

girdlea1630

confiner1654

trammela1657

cramp1719

swathe1864

tie1868

a1628 F. Greville Mustapha ii. Chorus in Certaine Wks. (1633) 113 We scorne those Arts of Peace, that Ciuile Tether, Which, in one bond, tye Craft, and Force together.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xviii. 10 When weary of the matrimonial tether.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 413 Why should we expect new hindrance, novel tether?

4. Phrases: †within (obs.), beyond one's tether, within, beyond the limits of one's ability, position, or reasonable action; the end (†extent, length) of one's tether, the extreme limit of one's resources.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s)

bandc1175

conditionc1380

restrictiona1450

within one's tether?1523

confine1548

confinement1649

ball and chain1855

control1920

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit

markOE

measurea1375

bound1393

sizec1420

banka1425

limita1425

limitationa1475

stint1509

within one's tether?1523

confine1548

tropic?1594

scantling1597

gauge1600

mound1605

boundalsa1670

meta1838

parameter1967

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. li^v As long as þ^u eatest within thy tedure.

1549 Latimer's 2nd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (1869) To Rdr. 51 Learne to eat within thy teather.

1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 276 He shall not be able to go an inch beyond his tedder.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. i. 2 To prevail with the busie Mind..to stop, when it is at the utmost Extent of its Tether.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §57 627 As to the last Order..which properly belongs to the next Reign and so beyond my Tedder.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 29 At length she got to the end of her tether, and I began.

1860–70 W. Stubbs Lect. European Hist. (1904) i. ii. 23 They had got to the length of their tether.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as tether-end, tether-length, tether-rope, tether-string; tether-ball n. a ball fastened to or suspended from a pole by a string; the game played with this (Webster Suppl. 1902). tether-peg n. tether-stake n. = tether-stone n. tether-stick n. = tether-stone n. tether-stone n. a pin or stake of wood or iron, or a stone, fixed in the ground, to which an animal is tethered.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether > hitching post or rail

range1688

tether-stake1725

tether-sticka1800

hitching-post1842

picket-pin1844

tie-post1861

tether-stone1884

tie rail1920

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > other bat and ball games > [noun]

pat-ball1775

knur and spell1852

bumble-puppy1897

tether-ball1900

paddleball1930

goalball1947

Jokari1953

pickleball1975

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii He'll look upon you as his tether-stake.

1786 R. Burns Poems 65 Gude keep thee frae a tether string!

a1800 Kempy Kaye in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 302/1 His teeth they were like tether-sticks.

1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 144 They took my tether rope, and commenced making me fast to a tree.

1884 Lays & Leg. N. Irel. 13 Put a tether-stone up on the face av the hill.

1900 Queen 29 Sept. (advt.) Parlour tether ball... This..game consists of a perpendicular pole, to the top of which an india-rubber ball is attached by a cord... Each player is provided with a bat, with which to strike the ball.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xxxviii. 425 His own mental tether-length having been strained to the breaking point.

1973 E. S. Shneidman Deaths of Man ix. 95 A..bachelor was found hanging from a tetherball pole.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tetherv.

Brit.

/ˈtɛðə/, U.S.

/ˈtɛðər/

Etymology: < tether n.

1. transitive. To make fast or confine with a tether.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tether

renewc1450

tether1483

stake1544

picket1729

headline1800

flit1816

hang1835

to rack up1843

bail1846

to hang up1858

bush1871

manger1905

1483 Cath. Angl. 379/1 To Tedyr, restringere, retentare.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xli. f. 53^v To tye or tedder their horses and mares vpon.

1577 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 170 No man shall not teyther [his beasts] amongs the hey vnto it be gone of the ground.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 174 I tether'd the three Kids in the best part.

1800 W. Wordsworth Pet-lamb in Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) II. 139 The lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone.

1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 396 Hundreds of horses were tethered in every direction.

2. To fasten, make fast generally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)]

fastenOE

truss?c1225

clitch?a1300

fasta1300

cadgea1400

lacec1425

claspa1450

tie?a1513

tether1563

spar1591

befast1674

span1781

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 100 (margin) Heir Ioh. Knox be his awin sentence aganis wtheris, is fast tedderit in the girn.

1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. vi. 72 The said Roots tethering it, as it trails along, to the ground.

1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley i A gate,..too well tethered to be quickly opened.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 744 The heart is tethered to the bottom of the pericardium.

3. figurative. To fasten or bind by conditions or circumstances; to bind so as to detain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)]

bindc1200

hamper?a1366

chain1377

coarctc1400

prison?a1425

tether?a1505

fetter1526

imprisona1533

strait1533

swaddle1539

measure1560

shacklea1568

to tie up1570

manacle1577

straitena1586

hopple1586

immew16..

scant1600

cabina1616

criba1616

trammela1616

copse1617

cramp1625

cloister1627

incarcerate1640

hidebind1642

strait-lace1662

perstringe1679

hough-band1688

cabin1780

pin1795

strait jacket1814

peg1832

befetter1837

to tie the hands of1866

corset1935

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action

bind971

hamper?a1366

chain1377

coarctc1400

prison?a1425

tether?a1505

fetter1526

imprisona1533

strait1533

swaddle1539

measure1560

shacklea1568

to tie up1570

manacle1577

straitena1586

hopple1586

immew16..

scant1600

cabina1616

criba1616

trammela1616

copse1617

cramp1625

cloister1627

incarcerate1640

hidebind1642

to box up1659

strait-lace1662

perstringe1679

hough-band1688

cabin1780

pin1795

strait jacket1814

peg1832

befetter1837

to tie the hands of1866

hog-tie1924

corset1935

a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 456 in Poems (1981) 147 Suld oure desyre be soucht vp in the speris, Quhen it is tederit on this warldis breris.

1620 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. V. N.T. ii. 407 He that bounded thy power, tether'd thee shorter.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 67 Nae man can tether time or tide, The hour approaches Tam maun ride.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson ii. 39 She would fain see me all my life tethered to the law.

Derivatives

ˈtethered adj. fastened with a tether; limited, confined, ‘tied’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > tethered

tethered1573

picketed1817

tethering1863

staked1865

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action

coarctc1420

shackledc1440

coarcteda1500

haltered?1510

catesnd1566

straited1581

immurate1593

chained1613

hampered1633

muzzled1647

throttled1677

tethereda1680

fetlocked1725

strangled1813

trammelled1813

spancelled1835

iron-bound1850

cabined1853

manacled1861

vaulted1863

tied1876

strait-jacketed1894

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action

coarctc1420

shackledc1440

coarcteda1500

haltered?1510

catesnd1566

straited1581

chained1613

hampered1633

muzzled1647

tethereda1680

fetlocked1725

strangled1813

trammelled1813

spancelled1835

iron-bound1850

cabined1853

manacled1861

vaulted1863

tied1876

strait-jacketed1894

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 17 Get home with thy brakes, er an sommer be gon For teddered cattle, to sit there vpon.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 125 Our contracted and teddered capacities.

1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. iii. 43 All this may be preferable; but it is a tethered freedom still.

1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company 185 A dozen tethered horses and mules grazed around the encampment.

ˈtethering n. and adj. fastening with a tether or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > attaching or affixing

affixionc1429

tachingc1440

onsetting1501

adjunction?1545

annexing1573

affixation1610

tethering1672

accretion1713

attachment1753

attaching1764

affixture1854

adhibition1866

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > tethered

tethered1573

picketed1817

tethering1863

staked1865

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iii. App. 103 By the Linking of their Claspers, and..by the Tethering of their Trunk-Roots, being couched together.

1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 35 Better hands loose than in an ill tethering.

1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators 367 Not a vestige remained of halter or tethering ropes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tether
释义	tethern. Brit. /ˈtɛðə/, U.S. /ˈtɛðər/ Forms: α. Middle English tethir, ( thether), 1500s teyther, 1500s–1700s teather, 1600s tither, teither, 1500s– tether. β. Middle English tedyr, Middle English tedyre, Middle English–1600s teder, 1500s teddir, tedure, teeder, 1500s–1700s (1800s dialect) tedder, 1600s teddar ( tedir). Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: At first a northern word: apparently < Old Norse tjóðr ‘tether’ (Icelandic and Faroese tjóður, Swedish tjuder); corresponding to 15th cent. West Frisian tyader, tieder; Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tûder, tudder, Low German tüder, tüdder, töder, tider, tier, tir, Dutch tuier, all in sense ‘tether’. Compare also Old High German ziotar, zeotar, Middle High German zieter* (still in Bavarian dialect, Hess. zetter) in sense ‘fore-pole or team’. A corresponding Old English téoðor has not been found. The word points to an Old Germanic teudra-, pre-Germanic deutro-, from a verb-stem deu- to fasten, with instrumental suffix -tro. 1. A rope, cord, or other fastening by which a horse, cow, or other beast is tied to a stake or the like, so as to confine it to the spot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether tether1376 sealc1440 solec1440 picket line1768 head rope1810 leg rope1826 trail-rope1826 lariat1835 riata1846 mecate1849 hitching-weight1852 tie-strap1875 1376–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 386 In duobus thethers et j feterlok emp. pro equis. 1394–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 599 In 3 Tethirs cum paribus de langalds. 1396–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 214 1 tedyr. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 728/1 Hoc ligatorium, a tedyre. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. li^v But make thy horse to long a tedure. 1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 207 ij wayne roopes, j haire teder xij^d. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. D2 Who coueteth to tie the Lambe and the Lion in one tedder maketh a brawle. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 151 A peece of an olde broken teather. 1669 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 133 Ane hair tedir 0. 13. 4. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2368/4 Stolen out of the Tether.., a dark brown Gelding. 1786 R. Burns Poems 62 As Mailie, an her lambs thegither, Were ae day nibbling on the tether. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. 70 A delicate colt at the end of each tether. 2. Applied to a rope used for other purposes. †a. A boat's painter; a tow-rope. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > painter boat rope1336 seizing1336 tether?1504 painter1699 cut-rope1909 putty1927 ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.vi Wher was a boote tyed with a teeder. a1817 W. Muir Poems (1818) 12 (E.D.D.) I saw her in a tether Draw twa sloops after ane anither. b. A rope for hanging malefactors; a halter. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Lyk to ane stark theif glowrand in ane tedder. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 175 They tuik ane hardin tedder and hangit him ower the brige of Lawder. 17.. Sheriff-Muir xvii, in Sel. Coll. Sc. Ballads (1790) III. 65 Then in a tether He'll swing from a ladder. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 11 Weems cried out, ‘Hang it in a tether’. 3. a. figurative. The cause or measure of one's limitation; the radius of one's field of action; scope, limit. ΚΠ 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 18/1 Men must not passe their tedder. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 235 A large Teather, and greater priviledge then ever the Crown had. 1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 84 The length of his short Tedder of Understanding. 1734 A. Pope Corr. 19 Dec. (1956) III. 445 We soon find the shortness of our Tether. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xiv. 106 Gin his mither has been jist raither saft wi' him, and gi'en him ower lang a tether. b. A bond or fetter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 lockstep1963 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 manacle1587 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 a1628 F. Greville Mustapha ii. Chorus in Certaine Wks. (1633) 113 We scorne those Arts of Peace, that Ciuile Tether, Which, in one bond, tye Craft, and Force together. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xviii. 10 When weary of the matrimonial tether. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 413 Why should we expect new hindrance, novel tether? 4. Phrases: †within (obs.), beyond one's tether, within, beyond the limits of one's ability, position, or reasonable action; the end (†extent, length) of one's tether, the extreme limit of one's resources. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s) bandc1175 conditionc1380 restrictiona1450 within one's tether?1523 confine1548 confinement1649 ball and chain1855 control1920 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit markOE measurea1375 bound1393 sizec1420 banka1425 limita1425 limitationa1475 stint1509 within one's tether?1523 confine1548 tropic?1594 scantling1597 gauge1600 mound1605 boundalsa1670 meta1838 parameter1967 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. li^v As long as þ^u eatest within thy tedure. 1549 Latimer's 2nd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (1869) To Rdr. 51 Learne to eat within thy teather. 1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 276 He shall not be able to go an inch beyond his tedder. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. i. 2 To prevail with the busie Mind..to stop, when it is at the utmost Extent of its Tether. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §57 627 As to the last Order..which properly belongs to the next Reign and so beyond my Tedder. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 29 At length she got to the end of her tether, and I began. 1860–70 W. Stubbs Lect. European Hist. (1904) i. ii. 23 They had got to the length of their tether. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as tether-end, tether-length, tether-rope, tether-string; tether-ball n. a ball fastened to or suspended from a pole by a string; the game played with this (Webster Suppl. 1902). tether-peg n. tether-stake n. = tether-stone n. tether-stick n. = tether-stone n. tether-stone n. a pin or stake of wood or iron, or a stone, fixed in the ground, to which an animal is tethered. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether > hitching post or rail range1688 tether-stake1725 tether-sticka1800 hitching-post1842 picket-pin1844 tie-post1861 tether-stone1884 tie rail1920 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > other bat and ball games > [noun] pat-ball1775 knur and spell1852 bumble-puppy1897 tether-ball1900 paddleball1930 goalball1947 Jokari1953 pickleball1975 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii He'll look upon you as his tether-stake. 1786 R. Burns Poems 65 Gude keep thee frae a tether string! a1800 Kempy Kaye in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 302/1 His teeth they were like tether-sticks. 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 144 They took my tether rope, and commenced making me fast to a tree. 1884 Lays & Leg. N. Irel. 13 Put a tether-stone up on the face av the hill. 1900 Queen 29 Sept. (advt.) Parlour tether ball... This..game consists of a perpendicular pole, to the top of which an india-rubber ball is attached by a cord... Each player is provided with a bat, with which to strike the ball. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xxxviii. 425 His own mental tether-length having been strained to the breaking point. 1973 E. S. Shneidman Deaths of Man ix. 95 A..bachelor was found hanging from a tetherball pole. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tetherv. Brit. /ˈtɛðə/, U.S. /ˈtɛðər/ Etymology: < tether n. 1. transitive. To make fast or confine with a tether. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tether renewc1450 tether1483 stake1544 picket1729 headline1800 flit1816 hang1835 to rack up1843 bail1846 to hang up1858 bush1871 manger1905 1483 Cath. Angl. 379/1 To Tedyr, restringere, retentare. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xli. f. 53^v To tye or tedder their horses and mares vpon. 1577 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 170 No man shall not teyther [his beasts] amongs the hey vnto it be gone of the ground. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 174 I tether'd the three Kids in the best part. 1800 W. Wordsworth Pet-lamb in Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) II. 139 The lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. 396 Hundreds of horses were tethered in every direction. 2. To fasten, make fast generally. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] fastenOE truss?c1225 clitch?a1300 fasta1300 cadgea1400 lacec1425 claspa1450 tie?a1513 tether1563 spar1591 befast1674 span1781 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 100 (margin) Heir Ioh. Knox be his awin sentence aganis wtheris, is fast tedderit in the girn. 1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. vi. 72 The said Roots tethering it, as it trails along, to the ground. 1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley i A gate,..too well tethered to be quickly opened. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 744 The heart is tethered to the bottom of the pericardium. 3. figurative. To fasten or bind by conditions or circumstances; to bind so as to detain. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 456 in Poems (1981) 147 Suld oure desyre be soucht vp in the speris, Quhen it is tederit on this warldis breris. 1620 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. V. N.T. ii. 407 He that bounded thy power, tether'd thee shorter. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 67 Nae man can tether time or tide, The hour approaches Tam maun ride. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson ii. 39 She would fain see me all my life tethered to the law. Derivatives ˈtethered adj. fastened with a tether; limited, confined, ‘tied’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > tethered tethered1573 picketed1817 tethering1863 staked1865 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action coarctc1420 shackledc1440 coarcteda1500 haltered?1510 catesnd1566 straited1581 immurate1593 chained1613 hampered1633 muzzled1647 throttled1677 tethereda1680 fetlocked1725 strangled1813 trammelled1813 spancelled1835 iron-bound1850 cabined1853 manacled1861 vaulted1863 tied1876 strait-jacketed1894 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action coarctc1420 shackledc1440 coarcteda1500 haltered?1510 catesnd1566 straited1581 chained1613 hampered1633 muzzled1647 tethereda1680 fetlocked1725 strangled1813 trammelled1813 spancelled1835 iron-bound1850 cabined1853 manacled1861 vaulted1863 tied1876 strait-jacketed1894 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 17 Get home with thy brakes, er an sommer be gon For teddered cattle, to sit there vpon. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 125 Our contracted and teddered capacities. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. iii. 43 All this may be preferable; but it is a tethered freedom still. 1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company 185 A dozen tethered horses and mules grazed around the encampment. ˈtethering n. and adj. fastening with a tether or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > attaching or affixing affixionc1429 tachingc1440 onsetting1501 adjunction?1545 annexing1573 affixation1610 tethering1672 accretion1713 attachment1753 attaching1764 affixture1854 adhibition1866 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > tethered tethered1573 picketed1817 tethering1863 staked1865 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iii. App. 103 By the Linking of their Claspers, and..by the Tethering of their Trunk-Roots, being couched together. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 35 Better hands loose than in an ill tethering. 1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators 367 Not a vestige remained of halter or tethering ropes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1376v.1483
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