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Webster 1913 Edition
Halter
Halt′er
(-ẽr)
, Noun.
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Hal′ter
(ha̤l′tẽr)
, Noun.
[OE.
halter
, helter
, helfter
, AS. hælftre
; akin to G. halfter
, D. halfter
, halster
, and also to E. helve
. See Helve
.] A strong strap or cord.
Especially:
(a)
A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
(b)
A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
Shak.
No man e’er felt the
With good opinion of the law.
halter
drawWith good opinion of the law.
Trumbull.
Hal′ter
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Haltered
(-tẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Haltering
.] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.
“A haltered neck.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Halter
HALT'ER
,Noun.
HALT'ER
,Noun.
1.
A rope or strap and head-stall for leading or confining a horse.2.
A rope for hanging malefactors.3.
A strong cord or string.HALT'ER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To catch and hold, or to bind with a rope or cord.Definition 2024
Halter
Halter
See also: halter
German
Noun
Halter m (genitive Halters, plural Halter)
Declension
Declension of Halter
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- Anhalter
- Federhalter
- Tierhalter
- Fahrzeughalter
- Halterkennzeichen
- Haltezeichen
- Haltegriff
halter
halter
See also: Halter
English
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, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- 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 [transl. hart].
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “ […] No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […].”
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- A woman's garment covering the upper chest, a halter top.
Synonyms
- headstall
- headpiece
- headcollar (British)
Translations
animal's headgear
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female garment
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Verb
halter (third-person singular simple present halters, present participle haltering, simple 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?
Etymology 2
Noun
halter (plural halters)