Halter

Definitions

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. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
3. A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
4. A halter top.

Equivalents

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.[…].””

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