Meaning of Halt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
   obsolete
2. Lameness; a limp.
   dated, obsolete
3. A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.
   British, Ireland, obsolete
4. Acronym of hungry, angry, lonely, (or) tired.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
5. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.”

“Without any halt they marched.”

“Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.”

“The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.”

“The highest point on the line is at milepost 21¾, 367 ft. above sea level. Here there is a halt named Kilmakerrill, after which the line descends to Manorhamilton (24¾ miles).”

“On once more we swung, bumping uneasily along in the antique narrow-gauge coach, with gloomy woods and gathering night outside, shouts and songs (and quacks) inside—this was not at all the sort of train ordained by the logical strategists in Paris—then grinding to a stop at a mysterious halt which was no more than a nameboard in the pinewoods, without even a footpath leading to it, but nevertheless with a solitary passenger stolidly waiting.”

“Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train.”

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