Tethering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tethered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Tethering}.]
     To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for
     feeding within certain limits.
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           And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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