2. Verb. (third-person singular of halter) ¹
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Definition of Halters
1. halter [v] - See also: halter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halters
Literary usage of Halters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biggle Horse Book: A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Horse, Original by Jacob Biggle (1894)
"halters AND HARNESS. Many a horse is lost or seriously damaged by halters that
are unsafe, because weak or improperly constructed. Pullers are the result of ..."
2. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett, John Elton (1898)
"... .halters round their necks.—.multi eorum in eadem curiae fenia ducti—formally
tendering their humble submission to the laws of the mill. ..."
3. History of Corn Milling by Richard Bennett (1898)
"... straw Hari MSS., halters round their necks—multi eorum in eadem curiae fenia
ducti—formally tendering their humble submission to the laws of the mill. ..."
4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1760)
"... and, by the ttr- **rors of goals and halters, oblige us 4t to it." [I fee
plainly, faid my father, that- this fermon has been ..."
5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... bags of money, axes, halters, wives, &c. Home by Mosedale, under Carrack Fell,
... halters ..."
6. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... Himself the same, in sentenced felon's weeds; Around their necks the knotted
halters bound, With naked feet they tread the flinty ground ; . ..."
7. Eight Years in Canada: Embracing a Review of the Administrations of Lords by Richardson (John) (1847)
"... ran into the stalls of the ponies, which were rather near the entrance, and
untying their halters led them forth without resistance on their part ..."
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