Tether
\Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tethered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tethering.] To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits.
[1913 Webster]And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]