1. halter

noun. ['ˈhɔltɝ'] rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading.

Rhymes with Halter

• gibraltar
• defaulter
• stalter
• walter
• saulter
• salter
• psalter
• malter
• kalter
• falter
• balter
• altar

Sentences with halter

1. Noun, singular or mass
Fit your horse with a halter and tie him in a safe location.

2. Verb, base form
When you initially halter your donkey, let him wear it for a while and get used to it.

Quotes about halter

1. By heavens! there is something after all in the world allowing one man to steal a horse while another must not look at a halter. Steal a horse straight out. Very well. He has done it. Perhaps he can ride. But there is a way of looking at a halter that would provoke the most charitable of saints into a kick.
- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

2. halter

noun. ['ˈhɔltɝ'] either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight.

3. halter

noun. ['ˈhɔltɝ'] a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.

4. halter

verb. ['ˈhɔltɝ'] prevent the progress or free movement of.

5. halter

noun. ['ˈhɔltɝ'] a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered.

6. halter

verb. ['ˈhɔltɝ'] hang with a halter.