English Dictionary

leading-string

名詞

歴史的 通例複数形

(historical, usually in the plural) Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk.

日本語の意味

かつて、子供が歩行を学ぶ際に、保護者が子供を導くために使用したひも。

At the antique fair, I saw a worn leading-string that once helped toddlers learn to walk.

骨董市で、私はかつて幼児が歩くのを助けた古びた幼児用の補助ひもを見つけた。

意味（1）

(historical, usually in the plural) Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk.

her lover … treated me in all respects as a perfect infant. To say the truth, I wonder she had not insisted on my again wearing leading-strings.

leading-strings （ plural ）