/lee"ding/
1. strings for leading and supporting a child learning to walk.
2. excessively restraining guidance: His parents tried to keep him in leading strings, but he finally married and moved away.
[ 1670-80 ]
/lee"ding/
1. strings for leading and supporting a child learning to walk.
2. excessively restraining guidance: His parents tried to keep him in leading strings, but he finally married and moved away.
[ 1670-80 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012