Sekirov Dictionary

halter

UK /ˈhɒltə/US /ˈhɔltɚ/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 4
phrases 1

noun4

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
A halter top.
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A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
- 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 [translating hart]. — 1603
One who halts or limps; a cripple.

verb1

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To place a halter on.
- What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

forms

haltered · haltering · halters · halteres

Phrases with halter

halter up
To halter (something).

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