Halter
English Meaning
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
- A device made of rope or leather straps that fits around the head or neck of an animal and is used to lead or secure the animal.
- A rope with a noose used for execution by hanging.
- Death or execution by hanging.
- A halter-top.
- To put a halter on.
- To control with or as if with a halter.
- To hang (someone).
- Either of the small, clublike balancing organs that are the rudimentary hind wings of flies and other dipterous insects. Also called balancer.