English

leghold

From leg + hold.

A compound of leg + hold

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to tend, herd’

Proto-West Germanic *haldan

Old English healdan

Middle English holden ‘to hold’

English hold

Today it means

noun A kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg.

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