halterbreak

English

Etymology

halter +‎ break

Verb

halterbreak (third-person singular simple present halterbreaks, present participle halterbreaking, simple past halterbroke, past participle halterbroken)

1. To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.
   • 1968, Harold James Cook, Tales of the 04 Ranch: Recollections of Harold J. Cook:

     At odd times we would halterbreak the entire bunch of colts, perhaps 75 or 100 of them. When I grew strong enough to handle them, I did practically nothing but halterbreak colts, breaking two a day, on the average.