halter
IPA: hˈɔɫtɝ
noun
- 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.
- A halter top.
- One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- Alternative form of haltere [(entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.]
verb
- (transitive) To place a halter on.
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Examples of "halter" in Sentences
- One slipped the halter from the donkey, and went off with it.
- And I had one of these -- it's called a halter monitor that you wear.
- After all, how often does the plot provide a good reason to display dozens of starlets in halter tops?
- The halter is the only argument that should be used against the submissionists, and I predict that it will soon, very soon, be in force.
- His companions look thoughtful, and then their attention turns to two girls in halter tops spinning hula hoops to James Brown singing "I Feel Good."
- Injustice & England — were they not allied in Henrys [5] time? but when the honest man names a halter, thieves will rub their necks. take my sketch
- Fidgeting in the halter was a big bay horse, showing all Monarch's quality, and all his good looks; a show ring horse, picked by a keen judge, and built for speed as well as strength.
- I visited the Web site and found the women from different villages in halter tops and short dresses, which may or may not be the clothing that they would usually wear, but it seemed out of place.
- Unquestionably, if ever the halter was a fit instrument for ridding the earth of monsters, it is in the case of these murderous, fiendish traitors, who inaugurated and guided this colossal and gory treason.
- The usual caparison of the Shoshone horse is a halter and saddle. the 1st. consists either of a round plated or twisted cord of six or seven strands of buffaloe's hair, or a throng of raw hide made pliant by pounding and rubing. these cords of bufaloe's hair are about the size of a man's finger and remarkably strong. this is the kind of halter which is prefered
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