lea

A grassland; a meadow.

A scythe.

Open, untilled land, usually in grass, or pasture-land; a meadow or grassy plain; a stretch of level fields or commons.

Hence Any field; any level geographical surface.

Fallow land; lealand.

Untilled; fallow: said of land. Compare lealand, layland.

Same as lay, 8.

One of the sets of alternating threads into which the yarns of a loom are divided by the harness system so as to form the shed.

A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.

A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.