Definition of halter

"halter" in the noun sense

1. halter, hackamore

rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading

2. hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie

a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

3. halter

a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered

4. halter, haltere, balancer

either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects used for maintaining equilibrium during flight

"halter" in the verb sense

1. halter

hang with a halter

2. hamper, halter, cramp, strangle

prevent the progress or free movement of

"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"

"the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

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Quotations for halter

It would make a dog break his halter. [ Proverb ]

He hasn't a penny left to buy a halter. [ Proverb ]

Better a lean jade than an empty halter. [ Proverb ]

To a greedy-eating horse a short halter. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Better a fair pair of heels than a halter. [ Proverb ]

He escaped hemp, but deserved a wooden halter. [ Proverb ]

The horse that draws his halter is not quite escaped. [ Proverb ]

A colt is nothing worth if it does not break its halter. [ French Proverb ]

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Nay, stay, quoth Stringer, when his neck was in the halter. [ Proverb ]

He is now stretching out his foolish head to the matrimonial halter. [ Juv ]

The horse that draws after him his halter is not altogether escaped. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He's so great a thief, that he stole even a piece of a halter from the gallows. [ Proverb ]

Man must either make provision of sense to understand, or of a halter to hang himself. [ Antisthenes ]

They that marry ancient people merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter. [ Fuller ]

They that marry ancient people merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hopes that some one will come and cut the halter. [ Thomas Fuller ]

halter in Scrabble®

The word halter is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters halter:

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halter in Words With Friends™

The word halter is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters halter:

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Words containing the sequence halter

Words that start with halter (4 words)

Words with halter in them (2 words)

Words that end with halter (2 words)

Word Growth involving halter

Shorter words in halter

alter

ha halt

Longer words containing halter

asphalter asphalters

haltered

haltering

halters asphalters