2. Verb. (third-person singular of halt) ¹
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Definition of Halts
1. halt [v] - See also: halt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halts
Literary usage of Halts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bits of Talk about Home Matters by Helen Hunt Jackson (1873)
"THE READY-TO-halts. IV/TR. READY-TO-HALT must have been the most •*•*•*- exasperating
pilgrim ... The Ready-to-halts are never ready for any thing else. ..."
2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... surround him—Clauzel makes a forced march to Tudela—Is in great danger —Escapes
to Zaragoza—halts there—Is deceived by Mina and finally marches to Jaca— ..."
3. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1872)
"... Grouchy pursues the Prussians, and halts at Gembloux—Napoleon at Quatre-Bras—Meeting
of the Emperor and Ney—Field of Battle of Waterloo—Napoleon halts ..."
4. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"The average speed of infantry without halts is 3 miles per hour (a mile in 20
minutes) or, including halts, 2^/2 miles per hour. ..."
5. 1812; the War, and Its Moral: A Canadian Chronicle by William Foster Coffin (1864)
"Proctor falls back to Baptiste Creek—General Harrison with Perry's assistance
follows— 5th October—British force halts at ..."
6. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... with Issue, a Flank-march on the Part of Friedrich's Army, — which halts at
Hochkirch (Septem, her 12th-0ctober 10th, 1758). Daun, since August 26th, ..."
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