A rope, cord, string; †a leash for dogs or for hawks. Chiefly Nautical or as short for clothesline, n., etc. Also applied with words prefixed to…

A band put round the neck of a dog or other animal, as a means of control or identification, or for ornament; also transferred.

A swivel ring on a dog's collar by which a string can be attached.

A leather band or collar for a dog's neck; = collar, n. 4.

A hook used for leading a dog. Now historical.

General sense: A round or circular loop or ring, esp. one turning on a swivel, by which a string… A ring on a dog's collar, by which a string can…

A leash for a dog, etc., so contrived that the animal can readily be released; esp. one used for a couple of greyhounds in coursing, by which…

A whip for driving or punishing a dog. Cf. horsewhip, n.

A cord used to check dogs in breaking or training them; a leash. Also trash-cord.

‘A stick cleft at one end for putting on a dog's tail’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.). Cf. shangy, n.

A piece of wood, pointed at one end and flattened towards the other, fastened to the lower jaw of a dog so that the pointed end projects in…

Short for puzzle-peg, n. 1. Obsolete.

= shangan, n.

= lead, n.2 3d.

= noseband, n. Occasionally: a similar part of a muzzle for a dog.

(a) a tag attached to a dog's collar, typically giving its name and owner's address; (b) slang (originally U.S.) a soldier's identification tag.

concrete. Something that leads. A leash or string for leading a dog.

From their resemblance to the harness of a horse (see sense 4a above): straps so arranged that they can be fitted for the protection of…

a high-frequency whistle producing a note audible to a dog but scarcely or not at all audible to a person.

(usually in plural) a twisted metal spike on the collar of a sled dog's harness, to which a ribbon or similar decoration may be attached.