halter
v.
restrain with a halter; hang with a halter
halter
Noun
1. rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
(synonym) hackamore
(hypernym) headgear
(part-holonym) harness
2. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
(synonym) hangman's rope, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie
(hypernym) rope
(part-holonym) gallows, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous
(part-meronym) noose, running noose, slip noose
3. a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
(hypernym) top
4. either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
(synonym) haltere, balancer
(hypernym) wing
(part-holonym) dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
Verb
1. hang with a halter
(hypernym) hang, string up
(derivation) hangman's rope, hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie
2. prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
(synonym) hamper, cramp, strangle
(hypernym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Haltered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Halter
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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