halter

Meaning of halter

noun
  1. A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
  2. A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
  3. A halter top.
verb
  1. To place a halter on.
    What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

noun

One who halts or limps; a cripple.

noun

A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.

Information about halter

Hyphenation of halter

hal-ter

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • halter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

halter synonyms

Meaning hackamore:

hackamore

Meaning hangman's rope:

hemp

Meaning haltere:

haltere, balancer

Meaning hamper:

hamper, cramp, strangle

Meaning :

headpiece, headstall

Anagrams of halter

arthel, lather, thaler, Thrale

Words that rhyme with halter

Bookwalter, Buchalter, Calter, Mannhalter, Psalter, Salter, Walter, alter, asphalter, balter, desalter, drysalter, exalter, falter, gestalter, malter, misalter, palter, prealter, prehalter, psalter, realter, salter, sesquialter, sliphalter, smalter, talter, unhalter, waghalter, walter, Belter, Gladfelter, Klinefelter, Pelter, Selter, Spelter, belter, beswelter, bewelter, enshelter, felter, inshelter, kelter, melter, pelter, preshelter, shelter, skelter, smelter, spelter

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