Definition of Lea in English :

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Lea meaning in English

Meaning of Lea in English

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Lea

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Noun

1. lea

a unit of length of thread or yarn

2. grazing land, lea, ley, pasture, pastureland

a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

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Lea

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noun
1. poetic
a meadow or field
2. 
land that has been sown with grass seed
noun
1. 
a unit for measuring lengths of yarn, usually taken as 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk, and 300 yards for linen
2. 
a measure of yarn expressed as the length per unit weight, usually the number of leas per pound
abbreviation for (in Britain)
Local Education Authority

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Lea

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noun
1.  OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
a meadow or grassy field
2. 
ley (sense 2)
noun
a measure of yarn varying from 80 to 300 yards, according to the kind of yarn (usually 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for silk and cotton, 300 yards for linen)

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Lea

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abbr.
league (measurement)
n.
A grassland; a meadow.

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