[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

halter \hal"ter\ haddl"t~er, n. oe. halter, helter,
   helfter, as. haelftre; akin to g. halfter, d. halfter,
   halster, and also to e. helve. see helve.
   a strong strap or cord. especially:
   a a rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading
       or tying a horse.
   b a rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. --shak.
       1913 webster

             no man e'er felt the halter draw
             with good opinion of the law.        --trumbull.
       1913 webster
see also:
helve 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

halter \hal"ter\, v. t. imp.  p. p. haltered -t~erd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. haltering.
   to tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a
   halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. "a haltered
   neck." --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
haltered haltering 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

halter \halt"er\ -~er, n.
   one who halts or limps; a cripple.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

halter
     n 1: rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
          syn: hackamore
     2: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have
        been condemned to death by hanging syn: hangman's rope,
         hangman's halter, hemp, hempen necktie
     3: a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving
        the back and arms uncovered
     4: either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous
        insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
        syn: haltere, balancer
     v 1: hang with a halter
     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" syn: hamper, cramp, strangle
     also: halteres pl
see also:
hackamore hangman's rope hangman's halter hemp hempen necktie haltere 
balancer hamper cramp strangle halteres 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

103 moby thesaurus words for "halter":
   oregon boat, ax, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband,
   bilbo, bit, blinders, blinds, block, bond, bonds, breeching,
   bridle, camisole, caparison, cavesson, chains, checkrein,
   cheekpiece, chinband, cinch, collar, cross, crownband, crupper,
   cuffs, curb, death chair, death chamber, drop, electric chair,
   fetter, gag, gag swivel, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber,
   gibbet, girth, guillotine, gyves, hackamore, hames, hametugs,
   hamper, handcuffs, harness, headgear, headstall, hemp,
   hempen collar, hip straps, hitch up, hobbles, hook up, hopples,
   hot seat, irons, jaquima, jerk line, leading strings, leash,
   lethal chamber, lines, maiden, manacle, martingale, muzzle, noose,
   noseband, pillory, pole strap, reins, restraint, restraints,
   ribbons, rope, saddle, scaffold, shackle, shaft tug, side check,
   snaffle, stake, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat,
   straitjacket, stranglehold, surcingle, tack, tackle, tether,
   the chair, trammel, trammels, trappings, tree, tug, winker braces,
   yoke

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