lea

lea · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Literary/archaic) An open area of grassy land; a meadow or pasture.

Forms

plural: leas

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    across the lea — through the meadow (poetic)

Related words

Antonyms: forest, woodland
See also: field, meadow, pasture
Synonyms: field, grassland, meadow, pasture

Etymology

From Old English leah ("open land, meadow, clearing in a wood"), from Proto-Germanic lauhaz. Common in English place names (e.g., Bentley, Oakley).