halter
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈhɔltɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈhɔːltə/
Noun

halter (plural halters)

  1. A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
  2. A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      And Crates said, that love was cured with hunger, if not by time; and in him that liked not these two meanes, by the halter {{transterm
  3. A halter top.
Synonyms Translations Translations Verb

halter (halters, present participle haltering; past and past participle haltered)

  1. (transitive) To place a halter on.
    What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?
Noun

halter (plural halters)

  1. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Noun

halter (plural halteres)

  1. Alternative form of haltere



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