LEADING STRINGS


Meaning of LEADING STRINGS in English

/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 .