haltern.¹

Brit.

/ˈhɔːltə/,

/ˈhɒltə/, U.S.

/ˈhɔltər/,

/ˈhɑltər/

Forms: Old English hælfter, Middle English haltre, (Middle English haltyr, 1500s aulter), 1500s–1600s haulter, Middle English– halter. β. Middle English helfter. Middle English northern heltir, heltyr(e, Middle English–1500s helter(e.

Etymology: Old English hælftre = Old High German halftra (German halfter ), Middle Dutch halfter , halter , Old Low German heliftra , Middle Low German helchter , halter < West Germanic *halftra- , *haliftra- , < root *halƀ- , whence Old High German halb , Middle Low German and Middle Dutch helve , Old English helfe : see helve n. The primary sense was ‘that by which anything is held’: compare Latin capistrum halter. The f between l and t was lost in Middle English as in Middle Dutch and Middle High German.

a. A rope, cord, or strap with a noose or head-stall, by which horses or cattle are led or fastened up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle

haltera1000

bridleOE

brake1430

gorel1480

watering bridle1502

mollet-bridle1503

headgear1538

slipe1586

chase-halter1607

branks1657

bit-bridle1676

curb-bridle1677

chain-bridle1690

blind-halter1711

ox-riem1817

blind-bridle1833

bell-bridle1836

training halter1842

hackamore1850

Pelham bridle1875

quoiler1876

knee-halter1892

war bridle1962

side pull1965

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 199/14 Capistrum, hælfter, uel cælfster.

a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 332/18 Capistrum, hælfstre.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þet is þes deofles helfter.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1028 Hom ne mai halter ne bridel Bringe.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 48 And trusse her halters forth with me.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 727/44 Hoc capistrum, a heltyr.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5361 Þe hors heltirs to breke he ran.

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 119 Horsharnes without halters.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiii^v It wolde haue made a hors breake his halter sure.

1760–72 tr. Juan & Uloa's Voy. (ed. 3) II. 240 The nooses, or halters, are thongs of a cow's hide.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. v. v. 258 The horse runs from one hand, the halter remains in the other.

b. A strap attached to the top of a backless bodice and looped round the neck; also, a bodice with such a strap or cut so as to give a similar effect. Hence attributive and in other combinations, as halter neck(line), halter top.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > neck-line > types of

décolletage1894

décolletée1907

V-neck1910

boat neckline1921

boat neck1922

bateau line1923

halter neck(line)1935

jewel neckline1935

crew neckline1939

jewel neck1940

plunging neckline1940

plunge neckline1941

scoop neck1953

scooped neckline1956

sabrina neckline1959

sweetheart neck1965

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > parts of

waistcoat1711

stay-hook1743

mantilla1835

plastron1857

Basque1860

jabot1881

Amadis1898

corsage1911

halter1935

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > other

corset1299

overbody1535

jupon1542

jup1603

Pierrot?1789

chemisette1796

spencer1799

jupe1810

jelick1816

railly1819

rail1820

Zouave1859

Basque1860

casaque1872

casaquin1879

overbodice1897

choli1907

halter1935

tube top1974

boob tube1977

bustier1978

1935 Mademoiselle Aug. 1/2 (caption) Trunks with halter top.

1936 New Yorker 18 Jan. 50/2 When a dress terminates in a halter neck, they have an ingratiating habit of putting a little bolero jacket over it.

1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 102/3 Halter neckline..introduced about 1933. Used in sports and evening clothes.

1948 N. Mailer Naked & Dead (1949) ii. vii. 229 In the brothel the girls wear halters and trim panties with a tropical print.

1953 P. C. Berg Dict. New Words 91/1 Halter, a woman's bodice, held in place by straps around the neck and across the back, so as to leave the arms and the back free.

1958 J. D. MacDonald Executioners (1959) iv. 59 Nancy wore very short red shorts..and a yellow linen halter.

1959 Vogue Pattern Book June–July 23 A full, floating skirt and bare back halter top for a sun dress.

1971 Vogue Dec. 64/1 Black silk jersey halter-neck dress..£70.

a. A rope with a noose for hanging malefactors.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope

ropeeOE

withec1275

cordc1330

snarea1425

tippet1447

girnc1480

halter1481

widdie1508

tether?a1513

hemp1532

Tyburn tippet1549

John Roper's window1552

neckweed1562

noose1567

horse-nightcap1593

tow1596

Tyburn tiffany1612

piccadill1615

snick-up1620

Tyburn piccadill1620

necklacea1625

squinsy1632

Welsh parsley1637

St. Johnston's riband1638

string1639

Bridport daggera1661

rope's end1663

cravat1680

swing1697

snecket1788

death cord1804

neckclothc1816

St. Johnston's tippet1816

death rope1824

mink1826

squeezer1836

yard-rope1850

necktie1866

Tyburn string1882

Stolypin's necktie1909

widdieneckc1920

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 31 Hadde we an halter which were mete for his necke and stronge ynough, we shold sone make an ende.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 414 Ye shall clym on hell-crokkys With a halpeny heltere.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxiij One after another in their shertes, & euery one a halter about his neck.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 376 Por. What mercy can you render him Anthonio? Gra. A halter gratis, nothing else for Godsake.

1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iv. 295 Break not our ecclesiastical laws, for then ye are sure to stretch by a halter.

1854 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxx, in Monthly Packet Sept. 177 The archers and men-at-arms were hung in halters to every tree in the forest.

figurative.1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xviii. 105 A Childe..if his father let him haue his Swindge lyke a Goose: hee putteth the halter about his Neck by cockering of him too much.1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. vi. 15 The same counsels observed are chains to grace, which neglected prove halters to strange undutifull children.1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) I. 84 Raleigh..finding that James was betraying him, and sending him out with a halter round his neck.

b. Used typically for death by hanging; ‘the gallows’.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows

gallowsOE

gallows-treea1000

warytre?a1200

gibbet?c1225

gallow-forka1250

forkc1275

juisec1320

forchesc1380

crossa1382

treec1425

patible1428

justice1484

potencec1500

haltera1533

turning-tree1548

potentc1550

three treesa1566

chates1567

mare1568

furel1587

bough1590

gibe1590

derrickc1600

hangrella1605

cross-tree1638

Gregorian tree1641

wooden horse1642

timber-marec1650

triple tree1651

furca1653

nubbing1673

a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678

nub1699

Tyburn tree1728

raven-stone1738

picture frame1785

crap1789

lamp-iron1790

Moll Blood1818

stifler1818

scragging-post1819

government signposta1828

leafless tree1830

shuggie-shue1836

doom-tree1837

stob1860–62

a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Cvi^v Whiche dothe rather purchace them an halter then the remission of synnes.

1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation anno 1554 (R.) Ready to offer up their lives to the halter, or the fire, as God should appoint.

1790 T. Pennant Of London (R.) Edward..resigned to them the monopoly of the ax and halter.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 78 Scared with threats of jail and halter.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. Also halter-sack n., halter-sick n.

halter-chain n.

ΚΠ

1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 183 Halter-chains..used with bridles.

halter-maker n.

ΚΠ

1596 T. Nashe (title) Haue with you to Saffron-walden, or, Gabriell Harueys Hunt is vp. Containing a full Answere to the eldest sonne of the Halter-maker.

halter-master n.

ΚΠ

1630 J. Taylor Trav. in Wks. iii. 80/1 The priuiledges of this graund Haulter-master are many.

halter-place n.

ΚΠ

1704 London Gaz. No. 4082/4 A bay Nag..with..a Dent cross his Nose in the Halter-place.

halter-seller n.

ΚΠ

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iij^v Hary halter seler at tyborn.

halter-strap n.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Halter-Strap or String, a cord, or long strap of leather, made fast to the head-stall, and to the manger, to tye the horse.

halter-string n.

halter-proof adj.

ΚΠ

a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) 111 By your Charms you may make your self Halter-proof.

C2.

halter-break v. U.S. to accustom (a horse, etc.) to a halter; to break by means of a halter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > break a horse > to the bit or to the halter

moutha1533

bit1583

halter-break1837

1837 N.-Y. Mirror 28 Oct. 140/3 The moose has been frequently tamed, and unlike the common deer, can be halter-broken as easily as a horse.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xix. 350 You want to halter-break 'em when they're little and get 'em kind o' wonted to the feel of the harness.

1868 14th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1867 117 My colts are halter-broken as soon as foaled.

1883 W. H. Bishop in Harper's Mag. Oct. 725/2 They are halter-broke, and turned loose again.

halter-cast adj. (see quots.).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > chafed or galled

galledc1000

saddle bitten1591

shackle-galled1596

navel-galled1601

spur-galled1608

saddle-galled1648

trace-galled1673

collar-galled1684

trace-beaten1687

halter-cast1704

1704 Dict. Rusticum Halter Cast; happens thus, when a Horse endeavours to scrub the itching part of his Body near the Head or Neck, one of his hinder Feet entangles in the Halter..by the violent strugling of the Horse to disingage himself, receives sometimes very dangerous hurts in the hollow of his Postern.

1813 Sporting Mag. 42 58 Danger of being halter cast, which has proved fatal to so many horses.

halter hitch n. (see quot. 1944).

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether > knot

halter hitch1944

1944 C. W. Ashley Bk. Knots ii. 44 Halter hitch. Horses are hitched with this knot the world over. The end is stuck loosely through the loop, which is not tightened. The knot is easily slipped after removing the end from the loop.

1947 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Nov. 594/4 When he was seven he was given a pony on condition that he mastered a halter hitch.

† halter-man n. Obsolete a hangman.

ΚΠ

1638 Conceited Lett. Halter-men and ballet-makers were not better set aworke this many a day.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

haltern.²

Brit.

/ˈhɔːltə/,

/ˈhɒltə/, U.S.

/ˈhɔltər/,

/ˈhɑltər/

Etymology: < halt v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. One who halts or limps, as a cripple.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person

cripplec950

lameOE

maimed1340

halterc1440

maima1500

maim?a1500

Vulcan1600

lamester1639

limpard1653

vulcanist1656

lameter1823

gammy1893

hoppy1904

crip1918

gimp1925

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 224/1 Haltare, claudicator.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 54 Calling him one-eyed, halter, baldpate.

2. One who wavers; a waverer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person

demurrer1533

hanger1536

staggerer1552

hobbler1575

tennis ball1589

waverer1597

halter1608

suspender1625

waver1667

fluttererc1726

oscillator1798

pendulum1818

shilly-shallyer1832

shilly-shally1834

wobbler1837

hesitater1853

dilly-dallier1880

vacillator1890

haverer1947

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 122 Double Halters between God and Gold.

1684 J. Renwick Choice Coll. (1776) vii. 92 O halters! take heed and be admonished.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

halterv.

Forms: Also 1500s haltren; β. Middle English heltryn.

Etymology: < halter n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhalter.

a. transitive. To put a halter upon (a horse or the like); to fasten up with a halter.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > bridle, halter, collar, or reins

bridlec1330

kevela1400

halterc1440

rein?c1475

pastern1598

lock1625

to put (a horse) under the button1667

knee-halter1835

collar1884

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 235/1 Heltryn beestys, capistro.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 577/2 I halter, I tye in a halter, Iencheuestre.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 75 When the colt is haltred.

1881 G. M. Fenn Off to Wilds (1888) xxix. 203 The horses were haltered up to the wheels.

figurative.1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xxii. 12) He was muzzled or haltered up, that is, he held his peace, as though he had had a bridle or a halter in his mouth.1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico ii. 35 Should they now halter themselves, called by a woman's voice?

†b. to halter apes in hell: see ape n. 6. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris iv. ii. sig. Dij All that be Dians maides are vowed to halter apples in hell.

2. figurative. To put a restraint or check upon; to bridle; to fetter; to hamper.

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check

bridleOE

tempera1050

chastec1230

to hold inc1300

straina1340

stintc1366

attemperc1380

restraina1387

rulea1391

ward1390

coarctc1400

obtemper?a1425

to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425

compesce1430

stent1488

coactc1520

repressa1525

compress1526

control1548

snaffle1555

temperatea1568

brank1574

halter1577

curb1588

shortena1599

to bear (a rein) upon1603

check1629

coerceate1657

bit1825

throttle1862

hold1901

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128* A fayre feelde, that the Steeres may..not be feard, or haltred, with trees, or busshes.

1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 22 They thought they had made him their own, and halter'd up his Conscience.

3. To catch or entrap with a noose or lasso.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > catch in noose

halter1574

swickle1621

noose1638

lasso1807

the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [verb (transitive)] > to catch or entrap

snarea1425

trapa1500

entrap1531

halter1574

snitch1900

1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 52 To halter or intangle, laqueum injicere alicui.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 33 Or halter Finches through a priuy doore.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iv. sig. F3^v What pretty gins thou hast to halter woodcockes.

a1732 Atterbury (T.) Catching moles and haltering frogs.

1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 416 They are very dextrous in haltering a bull at full speed..The noose is made of cow hide.

4. To put a halter about the neck of (a person); to hang (a person) with a halter.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)]

hangc1000

anhangOE

forhangc1300

to loll up1377

gallowa1400

twitchc1450

titc1480

truss1536

beswinga1566

trine1567

to turn over1570

to turn off1581

to turn (a person) on the toe1594

to stretch1595

derrick1600

underhang1603

halter1616

staba1661

noose1664

alexander1666

nub1673

ketch1681

tuck1699

gibbet1726

string1728

scrag1756

to hang up1771

crap1773

patibulate1811

strap1815

swing1816

croak1823

yardarm1829

to work off1841

suspercollatea1863

dangle1887

1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) i. xii. 248 A cord, to halter me in hell.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II civ, in Poems (1878) III. 163 The Great ones..hanged are, The Rest were halter'd, Pardon'd; and 'twas faire.

1765 Meretriciad 49 Silent and sad as any Rogue cou'd be, That halter'd rode, to dreaded Tyburn tree.

1894 Voice (N.Y.) 13 Sept. The Chicago bombthrowers who were haltered for practising their principles.

figurative.1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 3) 1156 Lusts are able to serve him like Absalom, and halter him at the next bough.1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. vii. 239 Suffered to have rope enough, till they had haltered themselves in a Præmunire.

Derivatives

ˈhaltering n.

ΚΠ

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Cabestrage Haltering.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Capestratura prima, the first haltering of a coult.

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n.¹a1000

n.²c1440

v.c1440

单词	halter
释义	haltern.¹ Brit. /ˈhɔːltə/, /ˈhɒltə/, U.S. /ˈhɔltər/, /ˈhɑltər/ Forms: Old English hælfter, Middle English haltre, (Middle English haltyr, 1500s aulter), 1500s–1600s haulter, Middle English– halter. β. Middle English helfter. Middle English northern heltir, heltyr(e, Middle English–1500s helter(e. Etymology: Old English hælftre = Old High German halftra (German halfter ), Middle Dutch halfter , halter , Old Low German heliftra , Middle Low German helchter , halter < West Germanic halftra- , haliftra- , < root halƀ- , whence Old High German halb* , Middle Low German and Middle Dutch helve , Old English helfe : see helve n. The primary sense was ‘that by which anything is held’: compare Latin capistrum halter. The f between l and t was lost in Middle English as in Middle Dutch and Middle High German. 1. a. A rope, cord, or strap with a noose or head-stall, by which horses or cattle are led or fastened up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle haltera1000 bridleOE brake1430 gorel1480 watering bridle1502 mollet-bridle1503 headgear1538 slipe1586 chase-halter1607 branks1657 bit-bridle1676 curb-bridle1677 chain-bridle1690 blind-halter1711 ox-riem1817 blind-bridle1833 bell-bridle1836 training halter1842 hackamore1850 Pelham bridle1875 quoiler1876 knee-halter1892 war bridle1962 side pull1965 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 199/14 Capistrum, hælfter, uel cælfster. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 332/18 Capistrum, hælfstre. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þet is þes deofles helfter. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1028 Hom ne mai halter ne bridel Bringe. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 48 And trusse her halters forth with me. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 727/44 Hoc capistrum, a heltyr. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5361 Þe hors heltirs to breke he ran. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 119 Horsharnes without halters. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiii^v It wolde haue made a hors breake his halter sure. 1760–72 tr. Juan & Uloa's Voy. (ed. 3) II. 240 The nooses, or halters, are thongs of a cow's hide. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. v. v. 258 The horse runs from one hand, the halter remains in the other. b. A strap attached to the top of a backless bodice and looped round the neck; also, a bodice with such a strap or cut so as to give a similar effect. Hence attributive and in other combinations, as halter neck(line), halter top. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > neck-line > types of décolletage1894 décolletée1907 V-neck1910 boat neckline1921 boat neck1922 bateau line1923 halter neck(line)1935 jewel neckline1935 crew neckline1939 jewel neck1940 plunging neckline1940 plunge neckline1941 scoop neck1953 scooped neckline1956 sabrina neckline1959 sweetheart neck1965 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > parts of waistcoat1711 stay-hook1743 mantilla1835 plastron1857 Basque1860 jabot1881 Amadis1898 corsage1911 halter1935 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > other corset1299 overbody1535 jupon1542 jup1603 Pierrot?1789 chemisette1796 spencer1799 jupe1810 jelick1816 railly1819 rail1820 Zouave1859 Basque1860 casaque1872 casaquin1879 overbodice1897 choli1907 halter1935 tube top1974 boob tube1977 bustier1978 1935 Mademoiselle Aug. 1/2 (caption) Trunks with halter top. 1936 New Yorker 18 Jan. 50/2 When a dress terminates in a halter neck, they have an ingratiating habit of putting a little bolero jacket over it. 1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 102/3 Halter neckline..introduced about 1933. Used in sports and evening clothes. 1948 N. Mailer Naked & Dead (1949) ii. vii. 229 In the brothel the girls wear halters and trim panties with a tropical print. 1953 P. C. Berg Dict. New Words 91/1 Halter, a woman's bodice, held in place by straps around the neck and across the back, so as to leave the arms and the back free. 1958 J. D. MacDonald Executioners (1959) iv. 59 Nancy wore very short red shorts..and a yellow linen halter. 1959 Vogue Pattern Book June–July 23 A full, floating skirt and bare back halter top for a sun dress. 1971 Vogue Dec. 64/1 Black silk jersey halter-neck dress..£70. 2. a. A rope with a noose for hanging malefactors. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 31 Hadde we an halter which were mete for his necke and stronge ynough, we shold sone make an ende. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 414 Ye shall clym on hell-crokkys With a halpeny heltere. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxiij One after another in their shertes, & euery one a halter about his neck. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 376 Por. What mercy can you render him Anthonio? Gra. A halter gratis, nothing else for Godsake. View more context for this quotation 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iv. 295 Break not our ecclesiastical laws, for then ye are sure to stretch by a halter. 1854 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxx, in Monthly Packet Sept. 177 The archers and men-at-arms were hung in halters to every tree in the forest. figurative.1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xviii. 105 A Childe..if his father let him haue his Swindge lyke a Goose: hee putteth the halter about his Neck by cockering of him too much.1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. vi. 15 The same counsels observed are chains to grace, which neglected prove halters to strange undutifull children.1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) I. 84 Raleigh..finding that James was betraying him, and sending him out with a halter round his neck. b. Used typically for death by hanging; ‘the gallows’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows gallowsOE gallows-treea1000 warytre?a1200 gibbet?c1225 gallow-forka1250 forkc1275 juisec1320 forchesc1380 crossa1382 treec1425 patible1428 justice1484 potencec1500 haltera1533 turning-tree1548 potentc1550 three treesa1566 chates1567 mare1568 furel1587 bough1590 gibe1590 derrickc1600 hangrella1605 cross-tree1638 Gregorian tree1641 wooden horse1642 timber-marec1650 triple tree1651 furca1653 nubbing1673 a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678 nub1699 Tyburn tree1728 raven-stone1738 picture frame1785 crap1789 lamp-iron1790 Moll Blood1818 stifler1818 scragging-post1819 government signposta1828 leafless tree1830 shuggie-shue1836 doom-tree1837 stob1860–62 a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Cvi^v Whiche dothe rather purchace them an halter then the remission of synnes. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation anno 1554 (R.) Ready to offer up their lives to the halter, or the fire, as God should appoint. 1790 T. Pennant Of London (R.) Edward..resigned to them the monopoly of the ax and halter. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 78 Scared with threats of jail and halter. Compounds C1. General attributive. Also halter-sack n., halter-sick n. a. halter-chain n. ΚΠ 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 183 Halter-chains..used with bridles. halter-maker n. ΚΠ 1596 T. Nashe (title) Haue with you to Saffron-walden, or, Gabriell Harueys Hunt is vp. Containing a full Answere to the eldest sonne of the Halter-maker. halter-master n. ΚΠ 1630 J. Taylor Trav. in Wks. iii. 80/1 The priuiledges of this graund Haulter-master are many. halter-place n. ΚΠ 1704 London Gaz. No. 4082/4 A bay Nag..with..a Dent cross his Nose in the Halter-place. halter-seller n. ΚΠ ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iij^v Hary halter seler at tyborn. halter-strap n. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Halter-Strap or String, a cord, or long strap of leather, made fast to the head-stall, and to the manger, to tye the horse. halter-string n. b. halter-proof adj. ΚΠ a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) 111 By your Charms you may make your self Halter-proof. C2. halter-break v. U.S. to accustom (a horse, etc.) to a halter; to break by means of a halter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > break a horse > to the bit or to the halter moutha1533 bit1583 halter-break1837 1837 N.-Y. Mirror 28 Oct. 140/3 The moose has been frequently tamed, and unlike the common deer, can be halter-broken as easily as a horse. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xix. 350 You want to halter-break 'em when they're little and get 'em kind o' wonted to the feel of the harness. 1868 14th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1867 117 My colts are halter-broken as soon as foaled. 1883 W. H. Bishop in Harper's Mag. Oct. 725/2 They are halter-broke, and turned loose again. halter-cast adj. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > chafed or galled galledc1000 saddle bitten1591 shackle-galled1596 navel-galled1601 spur-galled1608 saddle-galled1648 trace-galled1673 collar-galled1684 trace-beaten1687 halter-cast1704 1704 Dict. Rusticum Halter Cast; happens thus, when a Horse endeavours to scrub the itching part of his Body near the Head or Neck, one of his hinder Feet entangles in the Halter..by the violent strugling of the Horse to disingage himself, receives sometimes very dangerous hurts in the hollow of his Postern. 1813 Sporting Mag. 42 58 Danger of being halter cast, which has proved fatal to so many horses. halter hitch n. (see quot. 1944). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > tether > knot halter hitch1944 1944 C. W. Ashley Bk. Knots ii. 44 Halter hitch. Horses are hitched with this knot the world over. The end is stuck loosely through the loop, which is not tightened. The knot is easily slipped after removing the end from the loop. 1947 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Nov. 594/4 When he was seven he was given a pony on condition that he mastered a halter hitch. † halter-man n. Obsolete a hangman. ΚΠ 1638 Conceited Lett. Halter-men and ballet-makers were not better set aworke this many a day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). haltern.² Brit. /ˈhɔːltə/, /ˈhɒltə/, U.S. /ˈhɔltər/, /ˈhɑltər/ Etymology: < halt v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. One who halts or limps, as a cripple. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person cripplec950 lameOE maimed1340 halterc1440 maima1500 maim?a1500 Vulcan1600 lamester1639 limpard1653 vulcanist1656 lameter1823 gammy1893 hoppy1904 crip1918 gimp1925 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 224/1 Haltare, claudicator. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 54 Calling him one-eyed, halter, baldpate. 2. One who wavers; a waverer. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person demurrer1533 hanger1536 staggerer1552 hobbler1575 tennis ball1589 waverer1597 halter1608 suspender1625 waver1667 fluttererc1726 oscillator1798 pendulum1818 shilly-shallyer1832 shilly-shally1834 wobbler1837 hesitater1853 dilly-dallier1880 vacillator1890 haverer1947 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 122 Double Halters between God and Gold. 1684 J. Renwick Choice Coll. (1776) vii. 92 O halters! take heed and be admonished. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). halterv. Forms: Also 1500s haltren; β. Middle English heltryn. Etymology: < halter n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhalter. 1. a. transitive. To put a halter upon (a horse or the like); to fasten up with a halter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > bridle, halter, collar, or reins bridlec1330 kevela1400 halterc1440 rein?c1475 pastern1598 lock1625 to put (a horse) under the button1667 knee-halter1835 collar1884 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 235/1 Heltryn beestys, capistro. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 577/2 I halter, I tye in a halter, Iencheuestre. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 75 When the colt is haltred. 1881 G. M. Fenn Off to Wilds (1888) xxix. 203 The horses were haltered up to the wheels. figurative.1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xxii. 12) He was muzzled or haltered up, that is, he held his peace, as though he had had a bridle or a halter in his mouth.1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico ii. 35 Should they now halter themselves, called by a woman's voice? †b. to halter apes in hell: see ape n. 6. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris iv. ii. sig. Dij All that be Dians maides are vowed to halter apples in hell. 2. figurative. To put a restraint or check upon; to bridle; to fetter; to hamper. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check bridleOE tempera1050 chastec1230 to hold inc1300 straina1340 stintc1366 attemperc1380 restraina1387 rulea1391 ward1390 coarctc1400 obtemper?a1425 to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 compesce1430 stent1488 coactc1520 repressa1525 compress1526 control1548 snaffle1555 temperatea1568 brank1574 halter1577 curb1588 shortena1599 to bear (a rein) upon1603 check1629 coerceate1657 bit1825 throttle1862 hold1901 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128* A fayre feelde, that the Steeres may..not be feard, or haltred, with trees, or busshes. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 22 They thought they had made him their own, and halter'd up his Conscience. 3. To catch or entrap with a noose or lasso. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > catch in noose halter1574 swickle1621 noose1638 lasso1807 the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [verb (transitive)] > to catch or entrap snarea1425 trapa1500 entrap1531 halter1574 snitch1900 1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 52 To halter or intangle, laqueum injicere alicui. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 33 Or halter Finches through a priuy doore. a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) iv. sig. F3^v What pretty gins thou hast to halter woodcockes. a1732 Atterbury (T.) Catching moles and haltering frogs. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 416 They are very dextrous in haltering a bull at full speed..The noose is made of cow hide. 4. To put a halter about the neck of (a person); to hang (a person) with a halter. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 1616 J. Hayward Sanctuarie Troubled Soule (1620) i. xii. 248 A cord, to halter me in hell. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II civ, in Poems (1878) III. 163 The Great ones..hanged are, The Rest were halter'd, Pardon'd; and 'twas faire. 1765 Meretriciad 49 Silent and sad as any Rogue cou'd be, That halter'd rode, to dreaded Tyburn tree. 1894 Voice (N.Y.) 13 Sept. The Chicago bombthrowers who were haltered for practising their principles. figurative.1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 3) 1156 Lusts are able to serve him like Absalom, and halter him at the next bough.1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. vii. 239 Suffered to have rope enough, till they had haltered themselves in a Præmunire. Derivatives ˈhaltering n. ΚΠ 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Cabestrage Haltering. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Capestratura prima, the first haltering of a coult. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.¹a1000n.²c1440v.c1440
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