Both Uses of
tether
in
Things Fall Apart
- They were very fat goats, but the fattest of all was tethered to a peg near the wall of the compound and was as big as a small cow.
p. 113.2 *tethered = tied
- He could not understand it until he looked back and saw that what he led at the end of the tether was not a goat but a heavy log of wood.
p. 114.1tether = rope
Definition:
to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying