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   halter

   /ˈhɔːltə/

   noun

   • 1. a strap or rope placed around the head of a horse or other animal, used for leading or tethering it.
   • ▪ a rope with a noose for hanging a person. archaic
   • 2. a strap around the neck that holds a dress or top in place, leaving the shoulders and back bare: "tourists in halter tops and shorts"

   verb

   • 1. put a halter on (an animal): "the horse stops running and agrees to being haltered"
   • ▪ hang (someone): "the Chicago bomb-throwers who were haltered for practising their principles"

   Word Origin Old Englishhælftre, of Germanic origin, meaning ‘something to hold things by’; related to German Halfter, also to helve.

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