Dictionary entry

Let (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Let, n. 1. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; — common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. Keats.

Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not. Latimer.

2. (Lawn Tennis) A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.