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tər noun
1.
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
2.
a rope with a noose for hanging criminals; the hangman's noose; gallows.
3.
death by hanging.
4.
Also called halter top. a woman's top, secured behind the neck and across the back, leaving the arms, shoulders, upperback, and often the midriff bare.
verb (used with object)
5.
to put a halter on; restrain as by a halter.
6.
to hang (a person).
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adjective
7.
(of a garment) having a neckline consisting of a cord, strap, band, or the like that is attached to or forms part of the front of a backless and sleeveless bodice and extends around the neck: a halter dress.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hælfter; cognate with German Halfter
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hælfter; cognate with German Halfter
Related forms
hal·ter·like, adjective
un·hal·tered, adjective
un·hal·ter·ing, adjective
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verb (used without object)
1.
to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
2.
to be in doubt; waver between alternatives; vacillate.
3.
Archaic. to be lame; walk lamely; limp.
adjective
4.
Archaic. lame; limping.
noun
5.
Archaic. lameness; a limp.
6.
( used with a plural verb ) lame people, especially severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the ): the halt and the blind.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English healt; cognate with Old High German halz, Old Norse haltr, Gothic halts, akin to Latin clādēs damage, loss
before 900; Middle English; Old English healt; cognate with Old High German halz, Old Norse haltr, Gothic halts, akin to Latin clādēs damage, loss
Related forms
halt·less, adjective
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World English Dictionary
halt1 (hɔːlt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an interruption or end to activity, movement, or progress |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) a minor railway station, without permanent buildings |
| 3. | call a halt to put an end (to something); stop |
| —n, —sentence substitute | |
| 4. | a command to halt, esp as an order when marching |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to come or bring to a halt |
| [C17: from the phrase to make halt, translation of German halt machen, from halten to | |
| halt2 (hɔːlt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (esp of logic or verse) to falter or be defective |
| 2. | to waver or be unsure |
| 3. | archaic to be lame |
| —adj | |
| 4. | archaic |
| a. lame | |
| b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the halt | |
| —n | |
| 5. | archaic lameness |
| [Old English healt lame; related to Old Norse haltr, Old High German halz lame, Greek kólos maimed, Old Slavonic kladivo hammer] | |
| halter (ˈhɔːltə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a rope or canvas headgear for a horse, usually with a rope for leading |
| 2. | Also called: halterneck a style of woman's top fastened behind the neck and waist, leaving the back and arms bare |
| 3. | a rope having a noose for hanging a person |
| 4. | death by hanging |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to secure with a halter or put a halter on |
| 6. | to hang (someone) |
| [Old English hælfter; related to Old High German halftra, Middle Dutch heliftra] | |
| haltere or halter (ˈhæltɪə, ˈhæltə) | |
| —n , pl halteres | |
| Also called: balancer one of a pair of short projections in dipterous insects that are modified hind wings, used for maintaining equilibrium during flight | |
| [C18: from Greek haltēres (plural) hand-held weights used as balancers or to give impetus in leaping, from hallesthai to leap] | |
| halter or halter (ˈhæltɪə, ˈhæltə, hælˈtɪəriːz) | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Greek haltēres (plural) hand-held weights used as balancers or to give impetus in leaping, from hallesthai to leap] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
halt
"stop," 1622, from Fr. halte or It. alto, ult. from Ger. Halt, imperative from O.H.G. halten "to hold" (see hold). A Ger. military command borrowed into the Romance languages 16c.
halt
"lame," in O.E. lemphalt "limping," from P.Gmc. *haltaz (cf. O.Fris. halt, O.N. haltr, O.H.G. halz, Goth. halts "lame"), from PIE *qelad, from base *qela- "to break" (cf. Rus. koldyka "lame," Gk. kolobos "broken, curtailed").
halter
O.E. hælftre "halter for horses," from W.Gmc. *halftra- "that by which something is held" (cf. O.H.G. halftra, M.Du. halfter, see helve). In women's clothing sense, originally "strap attached to the top of a backless bodice and looped around the neck," 1935, later extended
to the tops themselves.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Halt definition
lame on the feet (Gen. 32:31; Ps. 38:17). To "halt between two opinions" (1 Kings 18:21) is supposed by some to be an expression used in "allusion to birds, which hop from spray to spray, forwards and backwards." The LXX. render the expression "How long go ye lame on both knees?" The Hebrew verb rendered "halt" is used of the irregular dance ("leaped upon") around the altar (ver. 26). It indicates a lame, uncertain gait, going now in one direction, now in another, in the frenzy of wild leaping.
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Example sentences
If you're using the gentle leader harness it's not nearly as effective as the halter thing, the one that goes over the nose.
The loud-mouthed comic chose a sunny-hued halter dress.
First, she improvises a halter and quadruple-wrapped ribbon belt to hoist up her underskirt.
The halter gently tightens up when the dog pulls away from you so it teaches the dog to walk correctly.
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