Halter meaning
A device made of rope or straps that fits around the head of an animal and is used to lead or secure the animal.
noun
A halter-top.
noun
A rope with a noose used for execution by hanging.
noun
Death or execution by hanging.
noun
To put a halter on.
verb
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To control with or as if with a halter.
verb
To hang (someone).
verb
Either of the small, clublike balancing organs that are the rudimentary hind wings of flies.
noun
A garment held up by a cord or loop around the neck and worn by women and girls to bare the shoulders, arms, and back.
noun
A rope, cord, strap, etc., usually with a headstall, for tying or leading an animal.
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A bitless headstall, with or without a lead rope.
noun
A rope for hanging a person; hangman's noose.
noun
Execution by hanging.
noun
To put a halter on (an animal); tie with a halter.
verb
To hang (a person)
verb
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Either of a pair of knobbed, modified secondary wings serving as balancing organs in dipteran insects.
noun
Either of the small, clublike balancing organs that are the rudimentary hind wings of flies.
noun
A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
noun
A woman's garment covering the upper chest, a halter top.
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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?
verb
Origin of halter
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”).