halter
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *halftrō, *halftrijaz (“harness”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“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”).
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.
- Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
- 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. […].”
- A halter top.
Synonyms
- headstall
- headpiece
- headcollar (British)
Translations
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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)
Etymology 3
Noun
halter (plural halteres)
- Alternative form of haltere
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hælftre, hælfter, from Proto-Germanic *halftrō, *halftrijaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
halter (plural haltres)
- A halter; horse headgear lacking a bit.
- (rare) A rope tied in a noose for hanging.
- (rare) The binding contract of marriage.
Descendants
References
- “halter (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
halter
Portuguese
Noun
halter m (plural es)
- Alternative form of haltere
Swedish
Noun
halter
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɔːltə(ɹ)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms prefixed with half-
- English terms suffixed with -ter
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- en:Horse tack
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
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- enm:Crime
- enm:Death
- enm:Horse tack
- enm:Marriage
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