Meaning of leam | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A river in England that rises in Northamptonshire, before flowing through Warwickshire and joining the Warwickshire Avon near Warwick.
2. A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.
   UK, dialectal
3. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
4. A hamlet in Grindleford parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2379).
5. Leamington Spa
   informal

Examples

“The Leams of the morning sun streamed through the half-closed shutters”

“The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his ban-dog; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.”

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