halter
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈhɔltər/
- Specialized
:
cabestro
- After catching the stray pony, she secured a halter around its head to prevent it from escaping.
- horse halter
- put on a halter
- lead by the halter
So we measure with the nasal halter and and we're finding it as a disease marker.
- So we measure with the nasal halter and and we're finding it as a disease marker.
Examples
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One of them already had grabbed Opal's halter and was holding her firm.
Fiction book (1994) -
All he found was her halter hanging empty on the branch, attached to the lead peg.
Fiction book (1990) -
Freedom took two weeks before she let 'em put a halter on her.
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Will has her by the halter, holding her with effort in front of the house.
Fiction book (1993) -
- Okay, let's get a halter on him and a lead rope.
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"All right," he said, getting Racer's halter from his pack basket and calling the horse to him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tom fastens one under the halter and ties the other to the saddle horn.
Fiction book (1998) -
The cotton of the halter rope chafed the palms of my hands.
Fiction book (2000) -
The gray colt ate the oats from my hand, and I slipped the halter on the colt.
Fiction book (1994) -
Tess talks softly; she lifts the halter up, looping the nose higher.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
1
6.7
Straps and other parts that fit around a horse's head to control it
Compounds
A piece of clothing with thin straps behind the neck and a loose straight shape
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word halter comes from an old word meaning 'to hold', so it was used for the rope or strap that 'holds' a horse's head so you can lead or tie it.