halter

halter
halter
halter1 [hôl′tər]
n.
[ME < OE hælftre (akin to Ger halfter) < base of helfe (see HELVE): basic sense “that by which something is held”]
1.
a) a rope, cord, strap, etc., usually with a headstall, for tying or leading an animal
b) a bitless headstall, with or without a lead rope
2.
a) a rope for hanging a person; hangman's noose
b) execution by hanging
3. a garment for covering the breast, held up by a cord or loop around the neck, and worn by women and girls to bare the shoulders and back
vt.
1. to put a halter on (an animal); tie with a halter
2. to hang (a person)
halter2 [hal′tir΄, hôl′tir΄hôl′tər, hal′tər]
n.
pl. halteres [hal′tir′ēz] [ModL < L, lead weights < Gr haltēr, weight held (to give impetus) in leaping < hallesthai, to leap < IE base * sel- > L salire]
either of a pair of knobbed, threadlike, modified second wings serving as balancing organs in dipteran insects: also haltere [hal′tir΄, hôl′tir΄]

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