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halter
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?lt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??lt?/
- Rhymes: -??lt?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from Proto-West Germanic *halftrij? (“harness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), equivalent to half- +? -ter. Cognate with Scots helter (“halter”), Dutch halfter, halster (“halter”), Low German halfter, helchter, halter (“halter”), German Halfter (“halter, holster”).
Alternative forms
- helter (obsolete, Northern England)
Noun
halter (plural halters)
- A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
- A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
- A halter top.
Synonyms
- headstall
- headpiece
- headcollar (British)
Translations
Verb
halter (third-person singular simple present halters, present participle haltering, simple past and past participle haltered)
- (transitive) To place a halter on.
- What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?
Etymology 2
halt +? -er
Noun
halter (plural halters)
- One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Etymology 3
Noun
halter (plural halteres)
- Alternative form of haltere
Anagrams
- Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, lather, rathel, thaler
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (haltêres).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?l?te/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /al?te?/
Noun
halter m (plural halters)
- dumbbell
Further reading
- “halter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- helter, heltre, heltere, helfter, heltyr, haltre, haltur
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hælftre, hælfter, from Proto-West Germanic *halftrij?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?halt?r/, /?h?lt?r/, /?haltr?/
Noun
halter (plural haltres)
- A halter; horse headgear lacking a bit.
- (rare) A rope tied in a noose for hanging.
- (rare) The binding contract of marriage.
Descendants
- English: halter
- Scots: helter, hilter
References
- “halter, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
halter
- present tense of halte
Portuguese
Noun
halter m (plural halteres)
- Alternative form of haltere
Swedish
Noun
halter
- indefinite plural of halt
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hindrance
English
Alternative forms
- hinderance (archaic)
- hindraunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From hinder +? -ance
Noun
hindrance (plural hindrances)
- Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
- High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
- The state or act of hindering something
- Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hindrance
Translations
Anagrams
- N-cadherin
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