Definitions for halter

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halter hal·ter

Spelling: [hawl-ter]

IPA: /ˈhɔl tər/

Halter is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in halter (aehlrt).

Definitions for halter

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.
5. one of a pair of slender, club-shaped appendages on the hindmost body segment of a fly, serving to maintain its balance in flight.
6. a person who halts or brings to a stop.
7. a person who halts, falters, or hesitates.
8. Archaic. lameness; a limp.
9. (used with a plural verb) lame people, especially severely lamed ones (usually preceded by the):

adjective

1. (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:
2. Archaic. lame; limping.

verb (used with object)

1. to put a halter on; restrain as by a halter.
2. to hang (a person).

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.

Origin of halter

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hælfter; cognate with German Halfter

Examples for halter

They may win, and if they do, it will be our necks that will be put into the yoke--or the halter.

“There are many after-hours events where you can show off your halter, strapless shirt or dress, or mini-skirt,” Royer wrote.

She was 5-foot-2, 105 pounds, wearing a miniskirt and a halter top with a bare midriff.

It featured a brief that extended halfway up the midriff, just below the breasts, and was held up with a halter neck tie.

Put a halter round her neck, and sell her for a pot of beer.

In an interview with The Daily Beast, halter sounded at least a tad reluctant to take on the mantle of the Great Progressive Hope.

I've no halter the way I can ride down on the mare, and I must go now quickly.

The most helpful hint was that twisting the sashes was the key to the halter top.

When they reached her gate, it was she who took the halter from Elvin's hand, and tied the horse.

He struck the horse over the flank with the loose end of the halter rein.