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helter

helter is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of helter

pluralhelters

Phrases with helter

Questions about helter

What is helter the alternative spelling of?
Helter is the alternative spelling of halter.

Words near helter in the dictionary

  1. Helstonian
  2. Helstonians
  3. Helstrom
  4. Helstroms
  5. Helt
  6. helter
  7. helter skelter
  8. helter-skelter
  9. helter-skelter lighthouse
  10. helter-skelters
  11. helters

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