leading-stringn.

Brit.

/ˈliːdɪŋstrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlidɪŋˌstrɪŋ/

Chiefly plural.

1. Strings with which children used to be guided and supported when learning to walk. to be in leading-strings: to be still a child; figurative to be in a state of dependence or pupilage.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency

hangingc1430

dependency1593

dependence1614

unsubsistence1642

leading-string1677

the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood

childhoodOE

childheadc1330

bairnheid1393

enfauncec1400

puerice1481

puerility1512

childage1548

childishness1597

leading-string1677

impuberty1785

cap and feather days1822

bairnhooda1835

child-life1841

pupillarity1846

tunic-hood1859

bread-and-butterhood1869

preadolescence1907

latency1910

puerilism1925

the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood > minority

nonage1400

less agec1436

minority1493

pupillarity1561

nonwit1571

pupilship1581

pupillage1590

pupil age1598

under-age1613

underagedness1648

infancy1658

leading-string1677

minorship1841

minorage1888

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence > device or contrivance to protect a thing or person > device protecting babies or infants

leading-string1677

dading1865

reins1878

baby harness1899

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking leisurely or idly > an act of > support when walking or learning to walk

leading-string1677

1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer i. 1 But I'll have no Leading-strings, I can walk alone.

a1685 T. Otway Poet's Complaint of Muse xiii, in Wks. (1727) II. 366 In little time the Hell-bred Brat..Without his Leading-strings could walk.

1779 T. A. Mann in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 417 I live in a Country where good Philosophy is still in its leading-strings.

1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 531 One that still needs his leading-string and bib.

1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) I. ii. vii. 119 He..gallops through mud and mire,..merely to show that he is a lad of spirit, and out of his leading strings.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 317/2 Thus the ‘model’ lodgers are kept, as it were, in leading-strings.

1884 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) VI. 135 His [Cervantes'] genius soon broke away from the leading-strings of a plot that denied free scope to his conceptions.

2. A cord for leading an animal. Cf. leading-rein n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lead

stringa1300

banda1400

head rope1810

tending-string1821

lead-rope1846

leading-string1859

jerk line1865

guy rein1869

headline1889

1859 Archaeologia Cantiana 2 106 At the feet of each crouches a dog with knotted leading-strings.

1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. v. 159 Led..by a riding master with a leading string.

Derivatives

leading-stringed adj. guided with, or kept within, leading-strings.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xiv. 104 A powerful mettlesome young Achilles ought not to be leading-stringed by women too much.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leading-string
释义	leading-stringn. Brit. /ˈliːdɪŋstrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlidɪŋˌstrɪŋ/ Chiefly plural. 1. Strings with which children used to be guided and supported when learning to walk. to be in leading-strings: to be still a child; figurative to be in a state of dependence or pupilage. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency hangingc1430 dependency1593 dependence1614 unsubsistence1642 leading-string1677 the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood childhoodOE childheadc1330 bairnheid1393 enfauncec1400 puerice1481 puerility1512 childage1548 childishness1597 leading-string1677 impuberty1785 cap and feather days1822 bairnhooda1835 child-life1841 pupillarity1846 tunic-hood1859 bread-and-butterhood1869 preadolescence1907 latency1910 puerilism1925 the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood > minority nonage1400 less agec1436 minority1493 pupillarity1561 nonwit1571 pupilship1581 pupillage1590 pupil age1598 under-age1613 underagedness1648 infancy1658 leading-string1677 minorship1841 minorage1888 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence > device or contrivance to protect a thing or person > device protecting babies or infants leading-string1677 dading1865 reins1878 baby harness1899 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking leisurely or idly > an act of > support when walking or learning to walk leading-string1677 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer i. 1 But I'll have no Leading-strings, I can walk alone. a1685 T. Otway Poet's Complaint of Muse xiii, in Wks. (1727) II. 366 In little time the Hell-bred Brat..Without his Leading-strings could walk. 1779 T. A. Mann in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 417 I live in a Country where good Philosophy is still in its leading-strings. 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 531 One that still needs his leading-string and bib. 1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (ed. 2) I. ii. vii. 119 He..gallops through mud and mire,..merely to show that he is a lad of spirit, and out of his leading strings. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 317/2 Thus the ‘model’ lodgers are kept, as it were, in leading-strings. 1884 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) VI. 135 His [Cervantes'] genius soon broke away from the leading-strings of a plot that denied free scope to his conceptions. 2. A cord for leading an animal. Cf. leading-rein n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lead stringa1300 banda1400 head rope1810 tending-string1821 lead-rope1846 leading-string1859 jerk line1865 guy rein1869 headline1889 1859 Archaeologia Cantiana 2 106 At the feet of each crouches a dog with knotted leading-strings. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. v. 159 Led..by a riding master with a leading string. Derivatives leading-stringed adj. guided with, or kept within, leading-strings.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. xiv. 104 A powerful mettlesome young Achilles ought not to be leading-stringed by women too much. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677
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