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noose
English
Alternative forms
- nooze (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Cognate with French nœud (“knot”), Portuguese nó (“knot”) and Spanish nudo (“knot”). Compare node and knot.
Pronunciation
- enPR: noo?s, IPA(key): /nu?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Noun
noose (plural nooses)
- An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
Derived terms
- hangman's noose
Translations
Verb
noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)
- (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.
Anagrams
- osone, soone
Middle English
Noun
noose (plural nooses)
- Alternative form of nose
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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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