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leghold

leghold noun: a kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg.

Noun

leghold (plural legholds)

  1. (attributive, often) A kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg.

Forms of leghold

plurallegholds

Origin of leghold

From leg + hold.

Questions about leghold

What does leghold mean?
Leghold means a kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg.
What part of speech is leghold?
Leghold is a noun.
What is the plural of leghold?
The plural of leghold is legholds.

Words near leghold in the dictionary

  1. leghaemoglobins
  2. legharness
  3. legharnesses
  4. leghemoglobin
  5. leghemoglobins
  6. leghold
  7. legholds
  8. leghole
  9. legholes
  10. leghorn
  11. leghorns

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