ˈled- noun
: an acetate of lead: as
a. : the poisonous efflorescent soluble crystalline normal salt Pb(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2 .3H 2 O that has a slightly sweet taste, that is usually made by reaction of lead monoxide with acetic acid, and that is used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing, as a drier in paint, in the manufacture of other lead salts, and in medicine especially formerly as an astringent — called also sugar of lead
b. : lead subacetate
c. : lead tetraacetate