Both Uses of
tether
in
Death and the King's Horseman
- If there is Weight on the loose end of your sash, such weight As no mere man can shift; if your sash is earthed By evil minds who mean to part us at the last ....ELESIN My sash is of the deep purple alari, It is no tethering-rope.†
Chpt 3tethering = tying to something so as to limit the boundaries of movement
- The elephant Trails no tethering-rope; that king Is not yet crowned who will peg an elephant— Not even you my friend and King.†
Chpt 3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(tether) to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)