Meaning

1 senses

  1. To place a halter on.

    What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

    hang with a halter

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Mary was wearing a halter top.

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  2. Among her graduation gifts were a new saddle, halter and riding boots.

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  3. Have the halter ready to place on the horse as you approach.

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  4. Tom pulled on the halter in order to guide the horse to the stables.

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Origin

From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”),

From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā (“harness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), equivalent to half- + -ter.

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Forms

halters, haltering, haltered, haltered
Base formhalter · to halter
3rd person singularhalters
Present participlehaltering
Past simplehaltered
Past participlehaltered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhalter
he, she, ithalters

Past simpleLesson

all personshaltered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave haltered
he, she, ithas haltered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill halter

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhalter up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
halohalthalvehamA2hamburgerA1
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