Halter definition
What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?
Origin of halter
- Latin haltēr lead weights used in leaping exercises from sing. of Greek haltēres from hallesthai to jump sel- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old English hælftre
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from Proto-Germanic *halftrō, *halftrijaz (“harness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to cut”), equivalent to half- + -ter. Cognate with Scots helter (“halter”), Dutch halfter, halster (“halter”), Low German halfter, helchter, halter (“halter”), German Halfter (“halter, holster”).
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