Thesaurus: halter

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1. n. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
2. n. A strong strap or cord.
3. n. A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
4. n. A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
5. v. t. To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.
6. n. rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
7. n. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
8. n. a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
9. n. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
10. v. hang with a halter
11. v. prevent the progress or free movement of
12. One who halts or limps A strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. Shak. No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. Trumbull. To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. "A haltered neck." Shak.