halter
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
halter (plural halters)
- A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
- 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
- A halter top.
- headstall
- headpiece
- headcollar (British)
- French: licou, licol, chevêtre (archaic)
- German: Halfter
- Italian: capestro, cavezza
- Portuguese: cabresto
- Russian: узда́
- Spanish: cabestro
- French: dos nu
halter (halters, present participle haltering; past and past participle haltered)
- (transitive) To place a halter on.
- What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?
halter (plural halters)
Nounhalter (plural halteres)
- Alternative form of haltere
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