halter

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: halt=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

halter, n. 

 One who halts or limps; a cripple.  [1913 Webster]

halter, n. [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. hælftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See Helve.].

 A strong strap or cord.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
"No man e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law."  [1913 Webster]

halter, 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.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

halter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for horses or cattle.
2 a a strap round the back of a woman's neck holding her dress-top and leaving her shoulders and back bare. b a dress-top held by this.
3 a a rope with a noose for hanging a person. b death by hanging.
--v.tr.
1 put a halter on (a horse etc.).
2 hang (a person) with a halter.

Idiom

halter-break accustom (a horse) to a halter.

Etymology

OE h{aelig}lftre: cf. HELVE

THESAURUS

halter

Oregon boat, ax, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband, bilbo, bit, blinders, blinds, block, bond, bonds, breeching, bridle, camisole, caparison, cavesson, chains, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, cross, crownband, crupper, cuffs, curb, death chair, death chamber, drop, electric chair, fetter, gag, gag swivel, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, gibbet, girth, guillotine, gyves, hackamore, hames, hametugs, hamper, handcuffs, harness, headgear, headstall, hemp, hempen collar, hip straps, hitch up, hobbles, hook up, hopples, hot seat, irons, jaquima, jerk line, leading strings, leash, lethal chamber, lines, maiden, manacle, martingale, muzzle, noose, noseband, pillory, pole strap, reins, restraint, restraints, ribbons, rope, saddle, scaffold, shackle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, stake, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, surcingle, tack, tackle, tether, the chair, trammel, trammels, trappings, tree, tug, winker braces, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

halter

Connection

N connection, vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium, bracket, bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus, bond, tendon, tendril, fiber, cord, cordage, riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string, fastener, fastening, tie, ligament, ligature, strap, tackle, rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces, harness, yoke, band ribband, bandage, brace, roller, fillet, inkle, with, withe, withy, thong, braid, girder, tiebeam, girth, girdle, cestus, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot, cabestro, cinch, lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener, clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp, cramp, cramp iron, ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl, terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle, clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye, lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post, cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout, viscum, shackle, rein, prop.

Prison

N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.

Scourge

N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.