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halters

halters is the plural of halter.

halters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of halter.

Meaning of halter

Noun (1)

halter (plural halters)

  1. A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
  2. A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
    • And Crates said, that love was cured with hunger, if not by time; and in him that liked not these two meanes, by the halter [translating hart].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  3. A halter top.

Noun (2)

halter (plural halters)

  1. One who halts or limps; a cripple.

See all 5 meanings of halter

Phrases with halters

Questions about halters

What is halters the plural of?
Halters is the plural of halter.

Words near halters in the dictionary

  1. Haltermans
  2. halterneck
  3. halternecks
  4. halterpath
  5. halterpaths
  6. halters
  7. halters up
  8. haltertop
  9. haltertops
  10. haltest
  11. halteth

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