ley
noun
[ leɪ ]
• a piece of land put down to grass, clover, etc., for a single season or a limited number of years, in contrast to permanent pasture.
Origin:
Old English lǣge ‘fallow’ (recorded in lǣghrycg ‘ridge left at the edge of a ploughed field’); related to lay1 and lie1.
ley
noun
• a supposed straight line connecting three or more prehistoric or ancient sites, sometimes regarded as the line of a former track and associated by some with lines of energy and other paranormal phenomena.
Origin:
1920s: variant of lea.
