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Meaning of Halter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈhɔltɚ

Definitions

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
A halter top.

Equivalents

العربية الرسن

Bosanski kantar ular кантар повод узда

Català cabestre ramal

Cymraeg cebystr penffrwyn

Deutsch Halfter

Ελληνικά καπίστρι

Español cabestro

Eesti päitsed

فارسی پالهنگ

Suomi niskalenkkitoppi päitset riimu seisauttaja sieppi tallipäitset

Français chevêtre halter licol licou

Gaeilge adhastar

Galego cabezada cabresto trenla xácoma

हिन्दी नकेल

Hrvatski kantar ular кантар повод узда

Magyar kötőfék

Հայերեն կապ սանձ

Íslenska múll

Italiano capestro cavezza

日本語無口韁頭絡鼻綱

ಕನ್ನಡ ನೇಣು

Kurdî day

Latina capistrum

Македонски оглав огламник

Nederlands halster

Polski kantar postronek uździenica

Português cabresto halter

Română căpăstru

Русский недоу́здок повод узда

Shqip kapistër

Српски kantar ular кантар повод узда

Svenska grimma

తెలుగు పలుపు

Türkçe yular

Tiếng Việt dây thòng lọng

Examples

“And Crates said, that love was cured with hunger, if not by time; and in him that liked not these two meanes, by the halter [translating hart].”

““[…]No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it.[…].””

CEFR level

Mastery
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Meaning of Halter | Babel Free

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